UQ Dinosaur Lab

North America had Tyrannosaurus rex, South America had Giganotosaurus carolinii, and in Africa there was Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, but massively proportioned predatory dinosaurs have not featured in Australia’s prehistoric past. That is, until now.

An international research team has been stunned to discover that some crocodile-like reptiles walked on their hind legs like dinosaurs and measured over three metres in length.

The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after more than a half a century.