Right: Author with Rhoetosaurus brownei femur cast. Photo by Jay Nair.
I was able to visit Rhoetosaurus brownei at the Queensland Museum collections facility today! It's an iconic sauropod from the Middle Jurassic Hutton Sandstone near Roma in south-central Queensland. All my childhood dinosaur books had images of Australian dinosaurs such as Rhoetosaurus, Minmi and Muttaburrasaurus, including this famous picture of a cast of the femur from Rhoetosaurus. As one of my colleagues is studying this specimen at the moment, I was able to re-create this image! Left: From Longman, H. A., 1927. The Giant Dinosaur- Rhoetosaurus brownei. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol IX, Part I.
Right: Author with Rhoetosaurus brownei femur cast. Photo by Jay Nair.
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Dr Caitlin Syme is a palaeontologist studying the taphonomy (preservation state) of fossil non-avian dinosaurs, crocodiles and fish from the Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia. Think forensic science or CSI for fossils, and you're on the right track! TWEETSSearch websiteLoading
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