'Raptor-like' dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid vegetarian


Oct 21, 2021

Footprints long considered to be evidence of the largest Triassic-era carnivorous dinosaur have, on closer examination, turned out to be something a little less... meaty. Nevertheless, the truth still has significance, revealing the presence of large sauropod dinosaurs in Australia long before any bone evidence found.

Queensland hosts several mines and caves with dinosaur footprints on the ceiling. No, dinosaurs "down under" didn't walk upside down. The dinosaurs made indentations on marshy ground that later filled with silt and sand. Both the swamp and filling turned to stone under the pressure of subsequent layers, but the filled-in prints proved harder than the surrounding material and survived when the rest eroded away.

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-raptor...red-timid.html