Summary
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica was one of eight fossils nominated to become Victoria's state fossil emblem in 2021. It is a small ornithischian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous rocks at Dinosaur Cove on Cape Otway, Victoria. It was excavated by tunnelling into the sandstone cliffs using explosives.
Specimen Details
-
Taxon Name
-
Author and date of publication
Rich & Vickers-Rich, 1989
-
Type Status
Holotype
-
Date Identified
1989
-
Identified By
Dr Thomas H. Rich - Museums Victoria
-
Number Of Specimens
1
-
Sex
Unknown
-
Date Collected From
1987
-
Category
-
Scientific Group
-
Discipline
-
Collecting Areas
-
Type of Item
Taxonomy
-
Kingdom
-
Phylum
-
Subphylum
-
Class
-
Order
-
Family
-
Genus
-
Species Name
amicagraphica
Geospatial Information
-
Continent
-
Country
-
State
-
District
-
Nearest Named Place
-
Era
Mesozoic
-
Period
Cretaceous
-
Epoch
Early
-
Stage
Aptian-Albian
-
Geological group
Otway Group
-
Geological formation
Eumeralla Formation
