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==Description== [[File:Muttaburrasaurus Scale.svg|thumb|left|Scale comparison with human]] ''Muttaburrasaurus'' was about {{convert|8|m}} and weighed around {{convert|2.8|MT|ST}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Paul |first=G.S. |author-link=Gregory S. Paul |title=The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=2010 |page=286}}</ref> The [[femur]] of the holotype has a length of {{convert|1015|mm}}. [[Image:Muttaburrasaurus NT.jpg|thumb|right|[[Life restoration]]]] Whether ''Muttaburrasaurus'' is capable of quadrupedal movement has been debated; it was originally thought to be an "iguanodontid", though recent studies indicate a rhabdodont position. Ornithopods this basal were incapable of quadrupedal movement. Originally reconstructing ''Muttaburrasaurus'' with a thumb spike, Molnar later doubted such a structure was present.<ref name="Molnar96"/> The foot was long and broad, with four toes. The skull of ''Muttaburrasaurus'' was rather flat, with a triangular cross-section when seen from above; the back of the head is broad but the snout pointed. The snout includes a strongly enlarged, hollow, upward-bulging nasal muzzle that might have been used to produce distinctive calls or for display purposes. However, as no fossilised nasal tissue has been found, this remains conjectural. This so-called ''bulla nasalis'' was shorter in the older ''Muttaburrasaurus'' sp., as is shown by the Dunluce Skull. The top section of the ''bulla'' of the holotype has not been preserved, but at least the second skull has a rounded profile.<ref name="Molnar96"/>
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