Muttaburrasaurus
| Muttaburrasaurus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Albian),
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| Mounted skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | †Ornithischia |
| Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
| Clade: | †Iguanodontia |
| Genus: | †Muttaburrasaurus Bartholomai & Molnar, 1981 |
| Species: | †M. langdoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Muttaburrasaurus langdoni Bartholomai & Molnar, 1981
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Muttaburrasaurus was a genus of herbivorous iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur that lived in what is now north-eastern Australia sometime between 112 and 103 million years ago during the early Cretaceous period. It has been recovered in some analyses as a member of the iguanodontian clade Rhabdodontomorpha, or alternately as a member of Elasmaria. After Kunbarrasaurus, it is Australia's most completely known dinosaur from skeletal remains. It was named after Muttaburra, the site in Queensland, Australia, where it was found. The dinosaur was selected from twelve candidates to become the official fossil emblem of the State of Queensland.