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Formation of the Australian continent |
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When did the dinosaurs live? |
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Why do scientists think this? |
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Did the Earth look the same during the Age of Dinosaurs? |
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Were dinosaurs able to survive while the continents moved? |
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Did the same species of dinosaurs live throughout the whole
of the Age of Dinosaurs? |
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Why was the breaking up of the continents important to the
dinosaurs? |
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What happened at the end of the Cretaceous Period? |
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What caused this extinction? |
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The break up of Pangaea interactive |
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Environment in which dinosaurs lived |
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Was the climate in the Age of Dinosaurs similar to that of
today? |
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How does this climate change affect the Earth? |
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What climate did Australia's dinosaurs live in during the
Cretaceous Period? |
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Why do scientists think this big sea existed? |
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Were any of these marine animals dinosaurs? |
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What other animals and plants lived in the Cretaceous? |
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Do any of these animal and plant species exist today? |
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Was the climate consistent throughout Australia at that time? |
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Did the same dinosaur species occur all over Australia? |
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What did the dinosaurs eat? |
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How can scientists tell whether a dinosaur was a herbivore
or a carnivore? |
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Australian dinosaurs |
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What are the main dinosaur groups? |
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How did dinosaurs become fossils? |
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Did most dinosaurs become preserved as fossils? |
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Were entire dinosaurs preserved as fossils? |
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How do scientists identify dinosaurs from pieces
of bone or part skeletons? |
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Examples of Australian dinosaurs |
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Hypsilodontid dinosaurs |
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Minmi |
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Muttaburrasaurus |
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Ozraptor |
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Rhoetosaurus |
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'Elliot' the Sauropod |
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Lark Quarry dinosaurs |
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Skartopus (including 3D Coelurosaur animation) |
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Tyrannosauropus (including 3D Theropod animation) |
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Wintonopus (including 3D Ornithopod animation) |
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Did you know! |
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Dinosaur names |
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Climate in the past |
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Dinosaur bones |
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The colour and skin of dinosaurs |
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Different dinosaur species |
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Warm blooded or cold blooded dinosaurs |
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Dinosaur quiz interactive |
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Lark Quarry dinosaur stampede |
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Introduction |
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How did dinosaur tracks form? |
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Are there other dinosaur trackways? |
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How old are the Lark Quarry 'trackways'? |
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How many dinosaurs made tracks left at Lark Quarry? |
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What can scientists tell from trackways? |
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What kinds of dinosaurs made the tracks at Lark
Quarry? |
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What can scientists tell about the 'stampede'? |
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The excavation story |
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Discovery |
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Excavation |
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Preserving the site |
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Australian dinosaur fossil locations interactive |
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Lark Quarry crossword interactive |