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18 Marine reptiles surface after 100 million years Quirky fact : The skull of a Kronosaurus can be up to 2.4 metres long! Curriculum Information Year Learning and Assessment (Earth and Beyond) 6 Queensland’s Past - Geological Evidence 7 100 Million Years of History - Identifying Fossils Description The Kronosaurus Queenslandicus was a giant pliosaur - one of the largest marine reptiles ever known that lived in the vast inland sea that covered western Queensland between 110 and 100 million years ago. A ferocious hunter, the Kronosaurus is named after Kronos, the Greek god of time, who was so terrible that he ate his children. Kronosaurus is known from many specimens. It was between eight and 13 metres long, and had teeth were up to 25 centimetres long - the size of bananas. It roamed open oceans and the inland sea hunting ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles and large fish, and was the most fierce and largest sea creature of its time. Kronosaurus has a skull up to 2.4 metres long. Kronosaurus swam through the water using its large flippers. It was not a particularly fast swimmer due to the size of its tail and body and it also had to surface regularly as it was an air-breathing marine reptile. To date, research has been unable to identify how the Kronosaurus reproduced. Most likely, they would have borne live young at sea, because the incredible size of the animal would have made it difficult to lay eggs on the shore. The ichthyosaur, another type of marine reptile alive at the time, had live births instead of laying eggs, so it is possible that Kronosaurus also made this adaptation to life in the ocean. Pliosaurs have no close relatives alive today. The first Kronosaurus Queenslandicus was discovered in 1889 by A. Crombie and was noted in 1924. However, the best specimen to date was discovered at Army Down Station, north of Richmond, in the 1930s and the area is also the location of the largest pliosaur fossil finds. Richmond pliosaur In 1990, whilst mustering cattle on their property, Marathon Station, near Richmond in northwestern Queensland, graziers Rob and Ian Ievers discovered a whole and intact skeleton. This find was identified by the Queensland Museum as being a 100 million year old marine reptile, and later named the Richmond pliosaur. The skeleton (not a dinosaur) is one of the best, most complete skeletons of its type in the world. The animal is as yet un-named, but scientists are currently working to fully understand and describe it. It belongs to the pliosauroid group, and was likely a member of the polycotylid family, a specialised pliosuaroid from the Early Cretaceous Period. At nearly 5m long, it had a relatively short neck, powerful set of flippers and a tail. It lived in the inland sea in Queensland 100 million years ago. Kronosaurus Korner, Richmond 046 Queensland’s Outback Education Handbook | Ancient Outback
History - Richmond First residents: Oonoomurra, Mitjamba, Wanam and Jirandali peoples European exploration: William Landsborough, 1862 European settlement: 1862 Town gazetted: 1882 History highlights: n A service town to gold miners working the Woolgar Gold Field, 1880 n Discovery of the first Kronosaurus Queenslandicus,1924 CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES n Using all the key elements of the text create a crossword puzzle to be used by a class group n Create a clay model which looks like a fossil from this period n Develop a pictorial time line to represent this period Best Experience Kronosaurus Korner 91-93 Goldring Street, Richmond QLD 4822 Cost: Entry fee applies. Self-paced and self-guided tours are available Hours: Open daily from 8.30am to 4.45pm Phone: (07) 4741 3429 Email: enquiries@kronosauruskorner.com.au Website: www.kronosauruskorner.com.au Other Points of Interest n Flinders Discovery Centre, Hughenden n Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways, Winton n Riversleigh Fossil Fields, Boodjamullla (Lawn Hill) National Park n Australian Age of Dinosaurs, Winton Additional Resources Australian Museum Research Library enquiries: Phone: (02) 9320 6152 Scientific enquiries: Phone: (02) 9320 6202 www.lostkingdoms.com/facts/index. cfm#cretaceous Queensland Museum Phone: (07) 3840 7555 Email: inquirycentre@qm.qld.gov.au www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/dinosaurs/ Earth Science Australia www.earthsci.org/index.html ABC - The Age of Reptiles www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/ eromanga/kronosaurus.htm References Queensland Museum www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/dinosaurs/ queensland/giants.asp Australian Museum www.lostkingdoms.com/facts/index. cfm#cretaceous Richmond Shire Council www.richmond.qld.gov.au ABC - The Age of Reptiles www.abc.net.au/science/ozfossil/ageofreptiles/ eromanga/kronosaurus.htm Further Information Kronosaurus Korner & Visitor Information Centre 91-93 Goldring Street, Richmond QLD 4822 Phone: (07) 4741 3429 Email: enquiries@kronosauruskorner.com.au www.kronosauruskorner.com.au Richmond Shire Council 50 Goldring Street PO Box 18, Richmond QLD 4822 Phone: (07) 4741 3277 Email: enquiries@richmond.qld.gov.au www.richmond.qld.gov.au Mt Isa Longreach Townsville Rockhampton Charleville Brisbane Queensland’s Outback Education Handbook | Ancient Outback 047
Page 1 and 2: OUTBACK Q U E E N S L A N D ’ S E
Page 3 and 4: i R n r e l h e r i o y g e r TRAVE
Page 5 and 6: Welcome to Queensland’s Outback S
Page 7 and 8: Porcupine Gorge, near Hughenden Mou
Page 9 and 10: 05 Legendary Outback
Page 11 and 12: Legendary Outback In the face of ex
Page 13 and 14: History - Barcaldine First resident
Page 15 and 16: History - Blackall First residents:
Page 17 and 18: History - Longreach First residents
Page 19 and 20: History - Charleville First residen
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Page 83 and 84: 01 Longreach Explorer - Camping Saf
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Page 87 and 88: l i e k i n i e r ARCHER RIVER Tour
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Page 93 and 94: 03 Mount Isa Outback Tour - Camping
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