Muttaburrasaurus

E911490

Muttaburrasaurus is a medium-sized, Early Cretaceous herbivorous dinosaur from Australia, notable for its distinctive, enlarged snout.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus of dinosaur ⓘ
iguanodontian dinosaur ⓘ
ornithopod ⓘ
bodyPlan long tail ⓘ
powerful hindlimbs ⓘ
relatively short forelimbs ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
Iguanodontia ⓘ
linked to: Ornithopoda
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
describedBy A. T. Wells ⓘ
Ralph E. Molnar ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
discoveredBy Doug Langdon ⓘ
discoveryYear 1963 ⓘ
displayedAt Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum ⓘ
Queensland Museum ⓘ
ecologicalRole medium-sized herbivore ⓘ
estimatedLength 7 meters ⓘ
approximately 23 feet ⓘ
estimatedMass 2.5 metric tons ⓘ
family Rhabdodontomorpha ⓘ
feedingAdaptation chewing tough vegetation ⓘ
fossilSite Thomson River region ⓘ
geologicalFormation Allaru Mudstone ⓘ
Mackunda Formation ⓘ
hasCommonName Muttaburra lizard ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom fossil remains ⓘ
livedIn Australia ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
facultatively quadrupedal ⓘ
namedAfter Muttaburra ⓘ
notableFeature enlarged snout ⓘ
hollow, expanded nasal region ⓘ
order Ornithischia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
region Gondwana ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
respiration air-breathing ⓘ
skeletonFound partial skeletons ⓘ
skull material ⓘ
suborder Ornithopoda ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
temporalRange Albian ⓘ
Early Cretaceous ⓘ
toothType leaf-shaped teeth ⓘ
typeLocality near Muttaburra, Queensland ⓘ
typeSpecies Muttaburrasaurus langdoni ⓘ
linked to: Muttaburrasaurus
yearDescribed 1981 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spirits of the Ice Forest → focusesOn → Muttaburrasaurus ⓘ
Hughenden → museumExhibits → Muttaburrasaurus replica ⓘ
linked to: Muttaburrasaurus
Muttaburrasaurus → typeSpecies → Muttaburrasaurus langdoni ⓘ
linked to: Muttaburrasaurus