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QANTASSAURUS
(kwan-tass-sore-us)
meaning: "Qantas lizard"
Qantassaurus
Named By: T. H. Rich & P. VickersinRich in 1999
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: Australia, Victoria - Wonthaggi Formation
Size: By comparison to similar genera, roughly estimated about 1.8 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Jaw fragments
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hypsilophodontidae |
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Qantassaurus ( KWAHN-ta-SOR-as) is a genus of two-legged, plant-eating ornithischian dinosaur that lived in Australia about 115 million years ago, when the continent was still partly south of the Antarctic Circle. It was described by Patricia Vickers-Rich and her husband Tom Rich in 1999 after a find near Inverloch, and named after Qantas, the Australian airline.

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