The Philippine Online Chronicles

Australian paleontologists have reported discovering three new species of Cretaceous-period dinosaurs from fossils previously excavated in western Queensland.

Named in honor of the famous Australian song "Waltzing Matilda," they are: 'Banjo' (Australovenator wintonensis), a predator that walked on two legs and had three claws on each hand like the velociraptor; 'Clancy' (Witonotitan wattsi), a long and slender four-legged herbivore resembling a giraffe; and 'Matilda' (Diamantinasaurus matildae), a four-legged herbivore resembling a hippo.

“These discoveries are a major breakthrough in the scientific understanding of prehistoric life in Australia,” said Queensland's Premier Anna Bligh as she opened the first stage of the Australian Age of Dinosaurs at the Museum of Natural History. “The potential for educational tourism through their permanent display at the [museum] in Winton is enormous.”