Location: West of Eromanga, South-west Queensland, Australia
Age: Approximately 95-98 million years ago: Cenomanian Epoch , mid-Cretaceous Period
Size: Unknown exactly until scientifically described but at least 28m.
Type: Very large plant eating (herbivore ) dinosaur
RECOGNISING FOSSILSAll this information can be found out just by looking at this small piece of dinosaur bone and knowing its location:
Age: approx 95 million years
Location: Eromanga, Australia
Type of dinosaur: large plant eater
Type of bone: vertebra (fragment of internal structure)
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In 1998, Dr Paul Sereno (Palaeontologist, University of Chicago, USA) along with student, Jonathan Marcot, Dr Ralph Molnar (Curator, Geosciences, Queensland Museum) and Joanne Wilkinson (Technician, Queensland Museum) visited Plevna Downs. They were searching for Cretaceous vertebrate fossil material – nothing was found at this time.
In 2004, the first piece of dinosaur bone was discovered at Plevna Downs by 14 year old Sandy Mackenzie (Jnr) marking the first discovery of dinosaur evidence in South-western Queensland.
*as represented by bone.
Queensland Museum: http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/dinosaurs/queensland/giants.asp