List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs

This is a list of dinosaurs whose remains have been recovered from Australia or Antarctica.

Key

Nomen dubium

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Nomen nudum

List of Australian and Antarctic dinosaurs

Name	Period	Location	Diet	Notes	Image
Antarctopelta	Late Cretaceous	Antarctica	herbivore	The first non-avian dinosaur found in Antarctica, but not the first named.
Atlascopcosaurus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Named after the Atlas Copco company for funding the dig that found its fossils.
Australovenator	Early-Late Cretaceous	Australia	carnivore	The most complete predatory dinosaur found in Australia.
Austrosaurus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	A sauropod.
Biscoveosaurus	Late Cretaceous	Antarctica	herbivore	Currently invalid and informal.
Cryolophosaurus	Early Jurassic	Antarctica	carnivore	The first non-avian dinosaur named from Antarctica.
Diamantinasaurus	Late Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Named after the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda".
Diluvicursor	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	It may have lived in a floodplain with a high-energy river when alive.
Fostoria	Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Described in 2019, this basal iguanodont may have lived in herds.
Fulgurotherium	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	A possibly dubious ornithischian.
Galleonosaurus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	A basal ornithopod.
Glacialisaurus	Early Jurassic	Antarctica	herbivore	A basal sauropodomorph that coexisted with true sauropods (undescribed).
Imperobator	Late Cretaceous	Antarctica	carnivore	A large stem Paravian.
Kakuru	Early Cretaceous	Australia	?	Known from only a shinbone.
Kunbarrasaurus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Formerly assigned to Minmi.
Leaellynasaura	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	An ornithischian with a tail three times its body length.
Minmi	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Known from one fragmentary specimen; a second, more complete specimen was transferred to Kunbarrasaurus.
Morrosaurus	Late Cretaceous	Antarctica	herbivore	An iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria.
Muttaburrasaurus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	A large rhabdodontomorph.
Ozraptor	Middle Jurassic	Australia	carnivore	Possibly an early abelisauroid.
Qantassaurus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Named after the airline company Qantas.
Rapator	Early Cretaceous	Australia	carnivore	Possibly a megaraptoran.
Rhoetosaurus	Middle Jurassic	Australia	herbivore	Along with Ozraptor, it is one of the oldest known Australian dinosaurs.
Savannasaurus	Late Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	A recently discovered titanosaur.
Serendipaceratops	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Possibly a ceratopsian. If so, it would be one of the few known ceratopsians from the Southern Hemisphere.
Timimus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	?	A coelurosaur of uncertain classification; it may be a tyrannosauroid.
Trinisaura	Late Cretaceous	Antarctica	herbivore	An iguanodont; a member of Elasmaria.
Walgettosuchus	Early Cretaceous	Australia	carnivore	Possibly invalid.
Weewarrasaurus	Late Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	Known from a jawbone that has turned to opal.
Wintonotitan	Early Cretaceous	Australia	herbivore	A large sauropod that coexisted with Diamantinasaurus.

Agrosaurus is a nomen dubium or a junior synonym of Thecodontosaurus. It is no longer considered an Australian genus.

Criteria for inclusion

• The creature must appear on the List of dinosaur genera.
• Fossils of the creature must have been found in Australia or Antarctica.
• This list is a complement to Category:Dinosaurs of Australia and Category:Dinosaurs of Antarctica.

Timeline

This is a timeline of selected dinosaurs from the list above. Time is measured in Ma, megaannum, along the x-axis.

See also

• List of birds of Australia
• List of birds of Antarctica

Notes