Footprints!!!

 Check out the new paper by Tony Martin, Melissa Lowery et al...

Polar dinosaur tracks of the Wonthaggi Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Victoria, Australia and their palaeontological significance: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access (tandfonline.com)

For those who would like a less technical read:

1. Large theropod dinosaurs thrived near South Pole, Australian tracks show (phys.org)
2. Large theropods thrived near South Pole, Australian tracks show (emory.edu)

Qantassaurus Impressions!

 Yesterday, whilst doing a little backlog box processing, we came across the impressions of the Qantassaurus intrepidus holotype! Of course, it was not labelled that way since it hadn’t been named yet… instead it was referred to as a “Hypsi” jaw found by Nicole Evered!

Impressions with a Qantassaurus cast!

Koonwarra Rock on the move

The rock from the Koonwarra road cutting has migrated from Fish Creek to Phillip Island.

It is full of plants and fish and insects and maybe if we are really lucky maybe even a feather!

It is still happily waiting to reveal its secrets for next time we arrange for a crew to break it up.

Photo: Mike Cleeland

Photo: Mike Cleeland

New Dinosaur Dreaming website

I am delighted to announce the launch of our new website featuring the wonderful cover art of Andrew Plant.

Find it at: www.dinosaurdreaming.net

Big thanks to all my beta-testers especially the amazing Rob Huntley who clicked everything on four different devices, and had single-handedly designed, built and hosted our old site for more than a decade.

Tentative dates for 2024/2025

We are thinking that we might have a three week dig next February.

There are a lot of logistics yet to work out, but the tides look good for Saturday 1st February 2025 to Saturday 22nd February 2025.

We have also been looking at dates for a weekend warriors one-day exploration dig, and have pencilled in Saturday 23rd November 2024 (low tide 11:38 am 0.61 m) and Sunday 24th November 2024 (low tide 12:23 0.62 m). They are not superlow low tides, but they seem to be the best spring tides on a weekend this year. I'm not sure where we will dig yet - it depends on what promising areas Mike and Melissa find.

Diggers please make sure that Lesley or I know that you are interested in coming - then we can make sure that you get updates as dates firm up.

Working on the new website

Work is well underway to replatform the Dinosaur Dreaming website. Here is my set of ace recruits learning the ropes at Wonthaggi.

Rock breaking day in Lesley’s driveway

 

Sharyn and Mary test different chair heights

The crew working hard

Mary finds a fossil

Sharyn breaks rock