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Muttaburrasaurus

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Muttaburrasaurus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Skeleton at the Queensland Museum
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Muttaburrasaurus

Bartholomai & Molnar, 1981
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M. langdoni Bartholomai & Molnar, 1981 (type)

Muttaburrasaurus was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 113-97.5 million years ago. This dinosaur means "Muttaburra (in Queensland, Australia) lizard". Muttaburrasaurus are about 24 feet (7 m) long. They may have lived in herds.