Fossils found near Cape Otway

A fossilised riverbed at Cape Otway continues to yield fascinating 107-million-year-old dinosaur fossils, revealing insights into the lives of the ancient reptiles.

Palaeontologists and diggers found fossilised isolated therapod dinosaur bones at a site called Eric the Red West near the Cape Otway Lighthouse. The dinosaur claw pictured is 20 centimetres long.

A fossilised riverbed at Cape Otway continues to yield fascinating 107-million-year-old dinosaur fossils, revealing insights into the lives of the ancient reptiles.

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