Reptiles at Riversleigh, in western Queensland, included giant crocodiles, giant turtles, monitor lizards and pythons.
100 000+ YEARS AGO
The Wellington Caves area of New South Wales was home to a flesh-eating goanna called Megalania. It grew to about 6 metres in length, was a ferocious predator and may have existed as recently as 30,000 years ago.
15 MILLION+ YEARS AGO
The Riversleigh reptiles included a large horned turtle with a clubbed tail, giant pythons, crocodiles and a water dragon lizard.
An inland sea covered central Australia. In it swam ichthyosaurs and the 15-m-long pilosaur Kronosaurus. Dinosaur Cove, Victoria, was home to the huge flesh-eater, Allosaurus.
210-14 MILLION+ YEARS AGO
A plant-eating dinosaur, Rhoetosaurus, more than 15m long and weighing 20 tonnes<, lived at Taloona Station, near Roma, Queensland.
245-210 MILLION+ YEARS AGO
The early reptile Tasmaniosaurus hunted amphibians near Old Beach, Tasmania.
