Extra, extra! Get your ancient Reptiles here!

Queensland and northern New South Wales dinosaur fans rejoice: for the next 4 weeks our regional newspapers, including The Queensland Times, The Morning Bulletin, The Coffs Coast Advocate, The Sunshine Coast Daily, and The Northern Star, are handing out tokens for the 'Dinosaur' Collector Card series!

One token from the newspaper can be redeemed for 2 collectable cards from participating newsagents. Image from The Sunshine Coast Daily

I say 'dinosaur', because the 40 cards you can collect feature not only dinosaurs, but also flying reptiles (including Dorygnathus and Anhanguera), an ancient marine reptile (Mesosaurus), and one therapsid (Estemmenosuchus), giving you more bang for your palaeo-buck!

If you visit the Prehistoric Playtime website (here's the link via The Northern Star), you can also play some dinosaur themed games online, including one where you hurl meteors at some hapless dinos! There is also a chance to win some dinosaur figurines, a link to an online quiz which will be made available during Dino Week (Monday, June 2 to Saturday, June 8), and some fun facts on the homepage.

Nice to see a common mistake about our flying reptile friends cleared up! 
Image taken from the Prehistoric Playtime website.

If you want to learn more about these ancient animals, Dr Steve Salisbury from The University of Queensland (my PhD supervisor) will be hosting an online palaeontology Q&A session on Tuesday, June 3 from 11am to 12 noon. You can ask him questions during the session, or email your questions before the session begins to marketing@apn.com.au. Be sure to visit your favourite newspaper website and sign up for a reminder email so you don't miss out!

These cards are available to collect between the 17th May to the 21st June. So, get collecting!