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Dinosaurs - Leaellynasaura amicagraphica
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/leaellynasaura-amicagraphica/Leaellynasaura amicagraphica was a tiny ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous of Victoria (perhaps a juvenile because of its small size).
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Dinosaurs - Nanotyrannus lancensis
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/nanotyrannus-lancensis/Nanotyrannus means ‘pygmy or dwarf tyrant’, alluding to its small size compared to other members of its presumed subfamily, Tyrannosaurinae. Lancensis refers to the ‘Lance Formation’ in Montana, where the skull was found in 1942 by American palaeontologist David H Dunkle.
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Dinosaurs - Proceratosaurus bradleyi
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/proceratosaurus-bradleyi/Proceratosaurus means ‘lizard before Ceratosaurus' in Greek, and bradleyi refers to Mr F Lewis Bradley, who discovered the first specimen in the early 1900s. This small early tyrannosaur had unusually enlarged nostrils and a head crest.
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Dinosaurs - Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/appalachiosaurus-montgomeriensis/Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis is the first and most complete theropod tyrannosaur known from the eastern USA. It is smaller than its relatives Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus.
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Dinosaurs
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/dinosaurs/How well do you know your dinosaurs? Discover the amazing creatures that ruled the world until 65 million years ago in this exhibition that brings the Mesozoic era to life.
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Herbivore teeth and diet
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/plant-eating-dinosaurs/Plant-eating dinosaurs dominated the landscape, far outnumbering their carnivorous counterparts. From fancy headgear and armour, to herding and enormous size, their extreme appearances and innovative survival strategies are unrivalled in the animal kingdom.
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Bird-like dinosaurs
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/bird-like-dinosaurs/Many of the characteristics of early and modern birds appeared first in theropod dinosaurs. Feathers, wishbones, modified "flapping" forelimbs and hollow bones are found in the coelurosaurs - the theropod group that includes tyrannosaurs and dromaeosaurs.
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Dinosaur - Mamenchisaurus youngi
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/mamenchisaurus-youngi/Mamenchisaurus youngi was a gigantic herbivore that lived around 150 million years ago and had one of the longest necks of all known dinosaurs.
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Lightning Beast - Ornithopod dinosaur
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/fulgurotherium-australe/Fulgurotherium australe was a small ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. Fulgurotherium, known from Lightning Ridge in New South Wales and perhaps from Victoria, was one of the first Australian dinosaurs to be scientifically described.
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The first birds
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/the-first-birds/The first birds had sharp teeth, long bony tails and claws on their hands. The clear distinction we see between living birds and other animals did not exist with early birds. In fact, they were more like small dinosaurs than they were like any bird today.
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