Editing Muttaburrasaurus (section)

==Discovery==
[[File:Muttaburrasaurus skull.jpg|thumb|left|[[Holotype]] skull]]
The species was initially described from a partial skeleton found by grazier Doug Langdon in 1963 at Rosebery Downs Station beside [[Thomson River (Queensland)|Thomson River]] near [[Muttaburra]], in the Australian [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[Queensland]], which also provides the creature's generic name. The remains were collected by [[paleontologist]] Dr [[Alan Bartholomai]] and [[entomologist]] Edward Dahms. After a lengthy preparation of the fossils, it was named in 1981 by Bartholomai and [[Ralph Molnar]], who honoured its discoverer with its [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''langdoni''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bartholomai |first1=Alan |author-link1=Alan Bartholomai |last2=Molnar |first2=R.E. |author-link2=Ralph Molnar |name-list-style=and |year=1981 |title=''Muttaburrasaurus'': a new Iguanodontid (Ornithischia:Ornithopoda) dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/188348#page/93/mode/1up |journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=319–349}}</ref>

The [[holotype]], specimen QM F6140, was found in the [[Mackunda Formation]] dating to the [[Albian]]-[[Cenomanian]]. It consists of a partial skeleton with skull and lower jaws. The underside of the skull and the back of the [[mandibula]], numerous vertebrae, parts of the pelvis, and parts of the front and hind limbs have been preserved.

Some teeth have been discovered further north, near [[Hughenden, Queensland|Hughenden]],<ref name="Molnar96">{{cite journal |last=Molnar |first=Ralph E. |author-link=Ralph Molnar |year=1996 |title=Observations on the Australian ornithopod dinosaur, ''Muttaburrasaurus''". |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123909#page/151/mode/1up |journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=639–652}}</ref> and south at [[Lightning Ridge, New South Wales|Lightning Ridge]],<ref name="Molnar96"/> in northwestern [[New South Wales]]. At Lightning Ridge, there have been found [[opal]]ised teeth and a [[scapula]] that may be from a ''Muttaburrasaurus''. A skull, known as the "Dunluce Skull", specimen QM F14921, was discovered by John Stewart-Moore and 14-year-old Robert Walker on Dunluce Station, between Hughenden and [[Richmond, Queensland|Richmond]] in 1987. It originates from somewhat older layers of the [[Allaru Formation|Allaru]] [[Mudstone]] and was considered by Molnar to be a separate, yet unnamed species, a ''Muttaburrasaurus'' sp.<ref name="Molnar96"/> The same area produced two fragmentary skeletons in 1989. There have also been isolated teeth and bones found at Iona Station, southeast of Hughenden.

Reconstructed skeleton casts of ''Muttaburrasaurus'', sponsored by [[Kellogg's|Kellogg Company]], have been put on display at a number of museums, including the [[Queensland Museum]], [[Flinders Discovery Centre]], and [[National Dinosaur Museum]] in Australia.