Australian Age of Dinosaurs

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Welcome

Imagine the age of dinosaurs: An age of exotic plants, huge animals, fierce marine predators and a lush green Australia. A time 100 million years past when outback Australia was nothing like it is today. A time so old, so distant it defies all reasonable explanations of the word “time”.

A time when dinosaurs walked the earth.

Western Queensland, 95 million years ago: The inland sea has retreated to the north and western Queensland is now a fringe of coastal wetlands and open forest. Huge conifers dominate the landscape amid a wealth of lush vegetation: cycads, ginkgos and ferns abound. Horsetails flourish in a myriad of lakes and swamps; dragonflies flit through the marshes and winged reptiles soar above in search of prey. Heavy rain is common, the climate humid and cool. Rivers meander northward - north to the inland sea and lungfish, turtles and crocodiles indulge in their depths.

Welcome to the fascinating world of palaeontology.

Welcome to the “Australian Age of Dinosaurs”.