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papua
new guinea
queensland fOssil Triangle
Australia’s finest examples of dinosaurs,
such as the ankylosaur Minmi,
have been found in this
8 fossil location. In addition,
7 more than 3,300 footprints
hughenden have been discovered at
cloncurry winton
Lark Quarry, near Winton.
fossil of minmi
queensland 9
fossil triangle
australia
north
island
new zealand
11
4 6 hawke bay
dinosaur cove
south nOrTh island
island
New Zealand’s first dinosaur
fossils were uncovered in
Hawke Bay by amateur
paleontologist Joan Wiffen in
1979. So far, North Island is
the only part of New Zealand
to have yielded dinosaur
pOlar dinOsaurs fossils, many of which have
Antarctica was the very not yet been named.
last continent to provide
dinosaur evidence. The first
fragmentary specimens were
collected in 1986, on James
Ross Island. Since then,
other sites have been found.
2
mount kirkpatrick
1
beardmore glacier
antarctica
The map
Major fossil locations 5 3
are shown on this
map, together with the james ross island
vega island
prehistoric animals 10
found there.
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