Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 22 of 34
Muttaburrasaurus
Australia · Cretaceous
Muttaburrasaurus was an Australian plant-eater. It had a big rounded bump on its snout.
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It is named after Muttaburra, a small town in Australia.
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Muttaburrasaurus langdoni is known from Queensland. A skull revision published in 2026 describes teeth near the front of the snout and reassesses the nasal region. It proposes a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) age for the holotype locality, with substantial dating uncertainty. The beak tip and soft tissues are reconstructed. The nose should not be presented as a proven sound-making instrument.
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Simplified reconstruction. Pose, unpreserved tissues and setting are interpreted. Choose your own colours; animals are not to one scale.
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- Herne et al. (2026): Cranial anatomy, palaeoneurology, palaeobiology and stratigraphic age of the large-bodied ornithopod, Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai and Molnar, 1981, from the mid-Cretaceous of AustraliaCT-based skull redescription, anterior teeth, nasal anatomy, inferred narrow beak and proposed Cenomanian age of the holotype locality.
Page prepared on October 5, 2026. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
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