Showing posts with label Dinosaurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinosaurs. Show all posts

29 May 2012

Holy cow - there were stegosauruses in Australia?

One of the sad things about Australia has always been the lack of really cool dinosaurs. Yo know - the iconic beasts like T-Rex, Triceratops, Diplodocus, Raptors

But recent days have seen that 'shortfall' being addressed a bit. First there was the report that palaeontologists have found fossils of a nine metre long killer reminiscent of the notorious Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Otway and Stzelecki Ranges.

Stegosaurus footprint
And now there are reports of Stegosaurus footprints fossilised in rocks along the shores of the Dampier Peninsula in West Australia. And they are right where oil and gas miner Woodside wants to build a $30 billion (yes that's with a B) gas plant at James Price Point!

Now there is no doubting - the Stegosaurus is definitely one of the cool dinosaurs!