‘Jurassic Park’ dinosaurs found in Queensland

AUSTRALIAN scientists hailed the country’s most significant dinosaur discovery in decades yesterday after three new species were unearthed in Queensland.

The flesh-eating theropod — dubbed Australia’s answer to the Jurassic Park velociraptors — and two sauropods had lain in a98 million-year-old geological deposit until a recent archaeological dig.

Scientists said the three, named Banjo, Matilda and Clancy in honour of Australia’s famous song, Waltzing Matilda, opened up an exciting new front in dinosaur research.