Australia: The Land Where Time Began

A biography of the Australian continent 

Tyrannosauridae

•     Eotyrannus lengi Early Cretaceous DiniData
•     Alioramus remotus Late Cretaceous DinoData
•     Alioramus altai Late Cretaceous Dinodata
•     Alectrosaurus olseni Late Cretaceous (Tyrannosauridae?) DinoData
•     Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis Late Cretaceous
•     Tarbosaurus bataar Late Cretaceous
•     Tyrannosaurus rex Late Cretaceous
•     Daspletosaurus torosus Late Cretaceous
•     Albertosaurus sarcophagus Late Cretaceous
•     Gorgosaurus libratus Late Cretaceous
•     Bistahhieversor sealeyi Late Cretaceous

Tyranosauridea

• Ornitholestes hermanni Late Jurassic    DinoData
• Proceratosaurus bradleyi Middle Jurassic DinoData
• Guanlong wucai Late Jurassic DinoData

Ornithomimosauridae

•     Pelecanimimus polydon Early Cretaceous
•     Shenzhousaurus orientalis Early Cretaceous

Harpymimidae

    Harpymimus okladnikovi Early Cretaceous

Ornithomimidae

•     Garudimimus brevipes Late Cretaceous
•     Sinornithomimus dongi Late Cretaceous
•     Dromiceiomimus brevitertius Late Cretaceous
•     Gallimimus bullatus Late Cretaceous
•     Struthiomimus altus Late Cretaceous

Coeluria incertae sedis

Coeluridae

    Coelurus fragilis Late Jurassic, Mainly from the Como Bluff locality, and a few isolated bones in the Morrison formation, Wyoming

Indeterminate

•     Tanycolagreus topwilsoni Late Jurassic DinoData
•     Dilong paradoxus Early Cretaceous        DinoData

Compsognathidae

•     Ngwebasaurus thwazi Early Cretaceous (Compsognathidae?)
•     Compsognathus longipes Late Jurassic
•     Huaxignathus orientalis Early Cretaceous
•     Sinosauropteryx prima Early Cretaceous Colours DinoData
•     Juravenator starki Late Jurassic
•     Sinocalliopteryx gigas Early Cretaceous

Therizinosauridae

•     Alxasaurus elesitaiensis Early Cretaceous
•     Falcarius utahensis Early Cretaceous
•     Beipiaosaurus inexpectus Early Cretaceous
•     Nothronychus mckinleyi Early Cretaceous
•     Erlikosaurus andrewsi Late Cretaceous
•     Segnosaurus galbinensis Late Cretaceous
•     Neimongosaurus yangi Late Cretaceous
•     Therizinosaurus cheloniformis Early Cretaceous

Oviraptoridae

•     Incisivosaurus gauthieri (Family Indeterminate ?) Early Cretaceous DinoData
•     Avimimus portentosus Late cretaceous
•    Oviraptor philoceratops
•    Caenagnathus collinsi

Caudipterygidae

•     Caudipteryx zoui Early Cretaceous
•     Protoarchaeopteryx robusta Early Cretaceous

Caenagnathidae

    Chirostenotes pergracilis Late Cretaceous

Oviraptoridae

•     Citipati osmolskae Late Cretaceous DinoData Wikipedia
•     Rinchenia mongoliensis Late Cretaceous
•     Heyuannia huangi Late Cretaceous
•     Ingenia yanshini Late Cretaceous
•     Conchoraptor gracilis Late Cretaceous
•     Khaan mckennai Late Cretaceous
•     Nemegtomaia barsboldi Late Cretaceous
•     Zamyn Khondt oviraptorine Late Cretaceous

Dromaeosauridae

•     Buitreraptor gonzalesorummangas Middle Cretaceous
•     Microraptor gui Early Cretaceous DinoData
•     Sinornithosaurus millenii Dromaeosauridae Wikipedia
•     Saurornitholestes langstoni Early Cretaceous Dinodata
•     Saurornitholestes robustus, Cretaceous, Dinodata
•     Tsaagan mangas Late Cretaceous, Dinodata
•     Dromaeosaurus albertensis Late Cretaceous
•     Deinonychus antirrhopus Early Cretaceous
•     Velociraptor mongoliensis Late Cretaceous DinoData
•     Bambiraptor feinbergi Late Cretaceous
•     Atrociraptor marshalli Late Cretaceous
•    Utahraptor kirklandi
•    Utahraptor ostrommaysorum DinoData

Troodontidae

•     Anchiornis huxleyi Mid-Late Jurassic Dinodata Wikipedia Scientific American ScienceDaily
•     Jinfengopteryx elegens  Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
•     Sinovenator changae Early Cretaceous
•     Byronosaurus jaffei Late Cretaceous
•     Mei long Early Cretaceous
•     Sinusonasus magnodens Late Cretaceous
•     Sauroornithoides mongoliensis Late Cretaceous
•     Sinornithoides youngi Early Cretaceous
•     Troodon formosus Late Cretaceous

Yandangithidae?  (Yandangornithidae) DinoData

    Yandangornis longicaudus Late Cretaceous

Scansoriopterygidae

    Epidendrosaurus ningchengensis Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous (unresolved) believed to be closer to basal Cretaceous Jehol Group

Alvarezsauridae

•     Alarezsaurus calvoi Cretaceous    DinoData
•     Shuvuuia deserti Late Cretaceous
•     Mononychus olecranus Late Cretaceous Dinodata Wikipedia

Alvarezsauroidea

    Haplocheirus sollers Late Jurassic DinoData Wikipedia

Archaeopterygidae

    Archaeopteryx lithographica Late Jurassic

Jeholornithidae

    Jeholornis prima Early Cretaceous

Confuciusornithidae

•     Confuciusornis sanctus Early Cretaceous Dinodata
•     Changchengornis hengdaozensis Late Cretaceous Dinodata

Sapeornithidae

    Sapeornis chaoyangensis Early Cretaceous, Dinodata

Protopterygidae

    Jibeinia luanhera Early Cretaceous

Proceratosauridae

    Proceratosaurus bradleyi Middle Jurassic DinoData link Wikipedia

Coloured dinosaurs

Sources & Further reading

• Feathered Dinosaurs: the Origin of Birds, John Long and Peter Schouten, CSIRO Publishing
• Cosmos magazine, Feb/Mar 2010

Links

1. Peter Schouten
2. Closet veggie-lovers?: 'Predatory Dinos Ate Plants