First spinosaurid dinosaur from Australia and the cosmopolitanism of Cretaceous dinosaur faunas.

A cervical vertebra from the Early Cretaceous of Victoria represents the first Australian spinosaurid theropod dinosaur. This discovery significantly extends the geographical range of spinosaurids, suggesting that the clade obtained a near-global distribution before the onset of Pangaean fragmentati...

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Main Authors: Barrett, P, Benson, R, Rich, T, Vickers-Rich, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011