On May the 7th, 1903 William Ferguson discovered the Cape Paterson claw, Australia’s first din
On May the 7th, 1903 William Ferguson discovered the Cape Paterson claw, Australia’s first dinosaur fossil at what is now Eagle’s Nest, , Bunurong Marine National Park located along the south coast of Victoria, approximately 150 km south-east of Melbourne. Recovered from the Strzelecki Group, comprised of interbedded sandstone and mudstone, the claw belongs to a carnivorous theropod which lived during the Early Cretaceous. During this period in Earth’s history, Victoria was located well within the polar circle, with palaeolatitude estimates varying between 75-85°S and 70-80°S.Since the discovery of the Cape Paterson claw, there have been numerous breakthroughs within Australian dinosaur paleontology with annual digs held at the Flat Rocks site in Inverloch unearthing the remains of small ornithopods alongside crocodile, turtle and plant material. In 2007, the remains of Australia’s largest known dinosaur, a Titanosaur were discovered on the outskirts of Eromanga, in south-west Queensland. Given the vastness of the continent, it is likely that more discoveries will be made in the coming decades, enhancing our understanding of dinosaur paleontology.AHPSourceshttp://bit.ly/1O51Corhttp://bit.ly/1Xdzn94http://bit.ly/1Krp5OHhttp://bit.ly/1NmpNOUhttp://ab.co/1S29D9rImage: copyright Museum Victoria / CC BYhttp://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/specimens/1045754 -- source link
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