Australia is home to a wide variety of dinosaurs, some better known than others. The Australian Dinosaur Project has identified 20 species that have lived in Australia at one time or another. Some well-known names include the giant sauropod Diamantinasaurus matildae and the carnivorous Thylacoleo carnifex.
What are the most famous Australian dinosaurs?
The most famous Australian dinosaurs are Diplodocus (Diamantinasaurus matildae), a giant plant-eating sauropod, and Thylacoleo carnifex, a carnivore that lived during Australia's Pleistocene period.
What is an Australian dinosaur?
An Australian dinosaur is any type of prehistoric animal found in Australia. Some experts have identified 20 species as native or at least passing through on their way to Antarctica from Asia when the Earth was still part of a continent called Gondwana.
See our complete list of Australian dinosaurs below.
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