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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dinosaurs getting around
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/dinosaurs-getting-around/Imagining dinosaurs in motion is to bring them truly to life. Mere fossils now become lumbering, bulky, fleet-footed, agile, four-legged, two-legged or even bird-like. How is this transformation possible? What techniques do we use to put muscles on bones and movement into skeletons?
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Herbivorous heavyweights
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/the-dinosaur-giants-club/One group of plant-eaters grew to become the biggest land animals ever. These were the sauropods - impressive long-necked, four-legged giants.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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