This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Australia or Antarctica.
Name | Year | Formation | Location | Notes | Images |
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Antarctopelta | 2006 | Snow Hill Island Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Antarctica | Possessed unusual caudal vertebrae that may have supported a "macuahuitl" as in Stegouros[1] | |
Atlascopcosaurus | 1989 | Eumeralla Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian to Albian) | Australia | Only known from remains of jaws and teeth | |
Australotitan | 2021 | Winton Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Australia | The largest dinosaur known from Australia, comparable in size to large South American dinosaurs | |
Australovenator | 2009 | Winton Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Australia | Analysis of its arms suggest it was well-adapted to grasping[2] | |
Austrosaurus | 1933 | Allaru Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Australia | Its holotype was found associated with marine shells | |
Cryolophosaurus | 1994 | Hanson Formation (Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian) | Antarctica | Had a distinctive "pompadour" crest that spanned the head from side to side | |
Diamantinasaurus | 2009 | Winton Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Australia | May have been closely related to South American titanosaurs, suggesting they dispersed to Australia via Antarctica[3] | |
Diluvicursor | 2018 | Eumeralla Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Australia | Lived in a prehistoric floodplain close to a high-energy river | |
Fostoria | 2019 | Griman Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Australia | Four individuals have been found in association | |
Fulgurotherium | 1932 | Griman Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Australia | Fragmentary, but may have been an elasmarian[4] | |
Galleonosaurus | 2019 | Wonthaggi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | Australia | Its upper jaw bone resembles a galleon when turned upside-down | |
Glacialisaurus | 2007 | Hanson Formation (Early Jurassic, Pliensbachian) | Antarctica | Basal yet survived late enough to coexist with true sauropods[5] | |
Imperobator | 2019 | Snow Hill Island Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Antarctica | Unusually for a paravian, it lacked an enlarged sickle claw | |
Kakuru | 1980 | Bulldog Shale (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | Australia | Poorly known | |
Kunbarrasaurus | 2015 | Allaru Formation, Toolebuc Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | Australia | Preserves stomach contents containing ferns, fruits, and seeds[6] | |
Leaellynasaura | 1989 | Eumeralla Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Australia | One referred specimen has an extremely long tail; if it does belong to this genus, it would be three times as long as the rest of the body | |
Minmi | 1980 | Bungil Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) | Australia | Had long legs for an ankylosaur, possibly to help it run into bushes for protection[7] | |
Morrosaurus | 2016 | Snow Hill Island Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) | Antarctica | Closely related to Australian and South American ornithopods[4] | |
Muttaburrasaurus | 1981 | Allaru Formation?, Mackunda Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | Australia | Possessed a short oval bump on its snout | |
Ozraptor | 1998 | Colalura Sandstone (Middle Jurassic, Bajocian) | Australia | Potentially the oldest known abelisauroid[8] | |
Qantassaurus | 1999 | Wonthaggi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian) | Australia | Distinguished from its other contemporary ornithopods by its relatively short dentary | |
Rapator | 1932 | Griman Creek Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | Australia | Known from only a metacarpal | |
Rhoetosaurus | 1926 | Walloon Coal Measures (Late Jurassic, Oxfordian) | Australia | Retains four claws on its hind feet, a basal trait | |
Savannasaurus | 2016 | Winton Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian to Turonian) | Australia | May have spent more time near water than other sauropods[9] | |
Serendipaceratops | 2003 | Wonthaggi Formation (Early Cretaceous, Barremian to Albian) | Australia | Possessed a robust ulna similar to those of ceratopsians and ankylosaurs, but was likely a member of the latter group[10] | |
Timimus | 1993 | Eumeralla Formation (Early Cretaceous, Albian) | Australia | Potentially a tyrannosauroid;[11] if so it would be one of the few Gondwanan members of that group | |
Trinisaura | 2013 | Snow Hill Island Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) | Antarctica | The first ornithopod named from Antarctica | |
Weewarrasaurus | 2018 | Griman Creek Formation (Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian) | Australia | Unusually, its fossils were preserved in opal | |
Wintonotitan | 2009 | Winton Formation (Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, Albian to Cenomanian) | Australia | More gracile than other contemporary titanosaurs |
This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.