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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vera Korasidis

Secrets of ‘polar dinosaur’ forest home revealed for first time in 120 million years

A reconstruction of cool-temperate rainforest and fluvial environments in southeast Australian during the late Albian - (Artwork by Robert Nicholls.)

Roughly 140 million to 100 million years ago, the piece of land that is modern day Australia was located much further south on Earth. In fact, what is now Victoria was once within the polar circle, up to 80 degrees south of the equator and shrouded in darkness for months at a time.

Despite these harsh conditions, dinosaurs thrived here, leaving behind evidence of their existence at various palaeontological sites.

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