Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Dinosaur
In 1981 David Joffe sculpted the first full-size reproduction of this dinosaur for the town of Muttaburra. The Muttaburrasaurus langdoni dinosaur was one of the most complete dinosaurs discovered in Australia and comes from early Cretaceous marine deposits in central QLD. It was found near Muttaburra 100km northeast of Longreach.
Since then, his company Natureworks has produced some smaller models of this most famous Australian dinosaur see
- Muttaburrasaurus sleeping
- Muttaburrasaurus Head & Neck – Wall decor
- Gondwana rainforest – animated head & neck with eggs
- Custom sculpture – for the town of Muttaburra
- Muttaburrasaurus Definitive
Did you know
- After years of study, it became clear that it was related to a group of dinosaurs previously found in the northern hemisphere called “iguanodontids”.
- Muttaburrasaurus seems to have grown to about 7 metres long and 35 metres high.
- It was able to stand upright on its rear legs but would have spent much of its time browsing on vegetation on all fours.
- It is an ornithischian (bird-hipped) dinosaur. Its most distinctive feature is an inflated hollow bony roof above the snout in front of its eyes.
- The original skeleton was found in rocks that formed in a marine environment about 105–103 million years ago which reflects the fact that shallow seas covered much of eastern Australia at this time.
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