A reconstruction of a Jurassic dinosaur track-maker from southern Queensland in front of a silhouette of the largest known T. rex.
A reconstruction of a Jurassic dinosaur track-maker from southern Queensland in front of a silhouette of the largest known T. rex. North America had the T. rex , South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus - now evidence shows Australia had gigantic predatory dinosaurs. The discovery came in University of Queensland research, led by palaeontologist Dr Anthony Romilio , which analysed southern Queensland dinosaur footprint fossils dated to the latter part of the Jurassic Period, between 165 and 151 million-year-ago. "I've always wondered, where were Australia's big carnivorous dinosaurs?" Dr Romilio said. "But I think we've found them, right here in Queensland. "The specimens of these gigantic dinosaurs were not fossilised bones, which are the sorts of things that are typically housed at museums. "Rather, we looked at footprints, which - in Australia - are much more abundant.
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