Australian History: Dinosaurs
During the dinosaur era, the Rhoetosaurus was known to live in Australia although no skeleton of a dinosaur has been found. The Rhoetosaurus was of the sauropod family who spent most of their time in water. They came ashore at night to feed but were clumsy on the land. They measured about 12 metres long and had a thick body about 4 metres high and a long neck. Its head was small and its brain was only the size of a man’s fist. Its long tail dragged along the ground.
It was an herbivore, munching on plants that grew near the lakes. The Rhoetosaurus bones were found at Durham Downs, north of Roma in Queensland in the 1920s, which formed half a complete skeleton of the dinosaur.