SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Read about Australia's prehistoric animals from these selected scientific papers:
Australovenator wintonensis
2009, New mid-Cretaceous (late Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE
2009, A new clade of archaic large-bodied predatory dinosaurs (Theropoda: Allosauroidea) that survived to the latest Mesozoic. Naturwissenschaften
2012, New Forearm Elements Discovered of Holotype Specimen Australovenator wintonensis from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE
2013, Morphological comparisons of metacarpal I for Australovenator wintonensis and Rapator ornitholestoides: implications for their taxonomic relationships. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
2013, New Australovenator Hind Limb Elements Pertaining to the Holotype Reveal the Most Complete Neovenatorid Leg. PLoS ONE
2015, Forearm Range of Motion in Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae). PLoS ONE
2015, The dentary of Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda, Megaraptoridae); implications for megaraptorid dentition. PeerJ
2016, The pes of Australovenator wintonensis (Theropoda: Megaraptoridae): analysis of the pedal range of motion and biological restoration. PeerJ
2017, A methodology of theropod print replication utilising the pedal reconstruction of Australovenator and a simulated paleo-sediment. Peer J
Diamantinasaurus matildae
2009, New mid-Cretaceous (late Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE
2014, Revision of the sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae Hocknull et al. 2009 from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia: Implications for Gondwanan titanosauriform dispersal. ScienceDirect
2016, A new Cretaceous dinosaur from Queensland, Australia sheds light on global sauropod evolution. Nature
2019, Comparative Three-Dimensional Moment Arm Analysis of the Sauropod Forelimb Implications for the Transition to a Wide-Gauge Stance in Titanosaurs. The Anatomical Record
2021, Second specimen of the Late Cretaceous Australian sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae provides new anatomical information on the skull and neck of early titanosaurs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022, A juvenile Diamantinasaurus matildae (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, with implications for sauropod ontogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology
2022, Sauropod dinosaur teeth from the lower Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia and the global record of early titanosauriforms. Royal Society Open Science
2023, A nearly complete skull of the sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Australia and implications for the early evolution of titanosaurs. Royal Society Open Science
Confractosuchus sauroktonos
2021, Abdominal contents reveal Cretaceous crocodyliforms ate dinosaurs. Gondwana Research
Ferrodraco lentoni
2019, Ferrodraco lentoni gen. et sp. nov., a new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Winton Formation (Cenomanian–lower Turonian) of Queensland, Australia. Nature
2022, The osteology of Ferrodraco lentoni, an anhanguerid pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Wintonotitan wattsi
2009, New mid-Cretaceous (late Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE
2014, Reassessment of the non-titanosaurian somphospondylan Wintonotitan wattsi (Dinosauria: Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the mid-Cretaceous Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia. Papers in Palaeontology
Savannasaurus elliottorum
2016, A new Cretaceous dinosaur from Queensland, Australia sheds light on global sauropod evolution. Nature
2020, Osteology of the Wide-Hipped Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur Savannasaurus elliottorum from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Kunbarrasaurus ieversi (formerly Minmi sp)
1980, An ankylosaur (Ornithischia: Reptilia) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
1987, The paravertebral elements of the Australian ankylosaur Minmi (Reptilia: Ornithischia, Cretaceous). Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie
1994, Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand and other animals of the Mesozoic era
1996, Preliminary report on a new ankylosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
1998, Dinosaurs of Australia and New Zealand and other animals of the Mesozoic
2000, Gut contents of a small ankylosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2001, Armour of the small ankylosaur Minmi. In: Carpenter K (ed.)The armoured dinosaurs
2001, An ankylosaurian cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia. In: Carpenter K (ed.) The armoured dinosaurs
2015, Cranial osteology of the ankylosaurian dinosaur formerly known as Minmi sp. (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the Lower Cretaceous Allaru Mudstone of Richmond, Queensland, Australia. PeerJ
2022, New Ankylosaurian Cranial Remains From the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian) Toolebuc Formation of Queensland, Australia. Frontiers in Earth Science
Muttaburrasaurus langdoni
1981, Muttaburrasaurus: a new Iguanodontid (Ornithischia: Ornithopoda) dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland
1996, Observations on the Australian ornithopod dinosaur, Muttaburrasaurus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
1995, Possible convergence in the jaw mechanisms of ceratopians and Muttaburrasaurus. In: A.Sun and Y.Wang (eds) Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, short papers
2010, New Basal Iguanodonts from the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah and the Evolution of Thumb-Spiked Dinosaurs. PLoS ONE
Dinosaur Stampede at Lark Quarry Conservation Park
1979. A minute – a hundred million years ago. Hemisphere
1979. Tracking dinosaurs: the Winton excavation. Australian Natural History
1979. Dinosaur stampede in the Cretaceous of Queensland. Lethaia
1984. Dinosaur trackways in the Winton Formation (mid-Cretaceous) of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
1984. Tracking dinosaurs: the Winton excavation. In Archer, M. and Clayton, G. (eds). Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australasia (Animals in Space and Time)
1989. A footprint as a history of movement. In Gillette, D. D. and Lockley, M. G. (eds). Dinosaur Tracks and Traces
2011. A reassessment of large theropod dinosaur tracks from the mid-Cretaceous (late Albian–Cenomanian) Winton Formation of Lark Quarry, central-western Queensland, Australia: A case for mistaken identity
2013. Reevaluation of the Lark Quarry dinosaur tracksite (late Albian–Cenomanian Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia): no longer a stampede? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2013. Lark Quarry revisited: a critique of methods used to identify a large dinosaurian track-maker in the Winton Formation (Albian–Cenomanian), western Queensland, Australia. Alcheringa
2013. Detrital zircon age constraints for the Winton Formation, Queensland: contextualizing Australia’s Late Cretaceous dinosaur faunas. Gondwana Research
2014. Large dinosaurian tracks from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, Lark Quarry, central-western Queensland, Australia: 3D photogrammetric analysis renders the ‘stampede trigger’ scenario unlikely. Cretaceous Research
Snake Creek tracksite
2021. A diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate tracksite from the Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia. PeerJ
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