Dinosaurs Around the World · Drawing 23 of 34
Leaellynasaura
Australia · Cretaceous
Leaellynasaura was a small Australian dinosaur. It lived near the South Pole, where winters were long and dark.
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Not all dinosaurs were giants.
Look together
Is its tail short or very long?
An idea to try
Follow its tail from the tip to the hips.
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A little more to discover
Leaellynasaura amicagraphica is known from incomplete remains in Victoria. Some bones once assigned to it are not securely associated with the same animal. Exact tail length, limb details and possible filament covering are treated cautiously in this reconstruction.
Look together: Is its tail short or very long? Follow its tail from the tip to the hips.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified reconstruction. Pose, unpreserved tissues and setting are interpreted. Choose your own colours; animals are not to one scale.
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- Australian Museum: LeaellynasauraConnect a small polar-region dinosaur with a very different ancient climate.
Source review: 2026-10-05. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
