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sPider
Spiders of all sizes are an
example of the many kinds
of invertebrates (creatures
without backbones) that
lived in the forest.

dinosAur coVe todAy
Australia’s Otway coastline has
many bays. Some have narrow
sandy beaches at their heads.
Large eyes would have Others, such as Dinosaur Cove, are
helped Leaellynasaura to framed by rugged sea cliffs, as seen
see in the dull light here in the distance. It is these
cliffs, formed from Early Cretaceous
sandstones and mudstones, that
contain the area’s dinosaur fossils.

woodlice
These insects lived on
the decaying wood of
fallen branches and
dying trees, as their
descendants do today.

leAellynAsAurA
Surviving the subzero temperatures of
its polar home was this two-legged
plant-eater. Leaellynasaura lived in groups,
and was armed with good eyesight and
self-sharpening teeth.

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