Summary
A partial skeleton of a species of turkey-sized dinosaur from southeastern Australia. It was found in 2005 in rocks that date to 113 million years old. The tail and footbones can be seen in the fossil and studying these gives scientists more insight into the diversity of small, bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs that once roamed between Australia and Antarctica.
The species is named in honour of the late David Pickering, who was Museums Victoria's Collection Manager in Vertebrate Palaeontology.
Specimen Details
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Taxon Name
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Author and date of publication
Herne et al., 2018
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Type Status
Holotype
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Identified By
Matt Herne - University of Queensland
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Date Collected From
/11/2005
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Category
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Scientific Group
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Type of Item
Taxonomy
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Kingdom
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Phylum
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Subphylum
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Genus
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Species Name
pickeringi
Geospatial Information
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Continent
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State
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District
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Nearest Named Place
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Era
Mesozoic
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Period
Cretaceous
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Epoch
Early
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Stage
Albian
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Geological group
Otway Group