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Coniferous plants

Triceratops

Conifers grow to over 100 metres tall and can produce male and female cones on one

plant. The oldest living conifer is 9,550 years old and within their family, are the world’s tallest, thickest, oldest living things.

I am a large herbivorous dinosaur with three sharp horns on my head and a bony neck frill which spanned up to 6 metres.

Stegosaurus

I am a large herbivorous dinosaur with a spiked tail and large bony plates along my back.

150-145MYA

150-145MYA

Muttaburrasaurus

I am a herbivore and one of the largest dinosaurs ever found in Australia.

112-104MYA

Maiasaura

I am a herbivorous duckbilled dinosaur and raise my young in nesting colonies.

100-65.5MYA

Tyrannosaurus

I am a carnivorous dinosaur, with my powerful jaws I can eat as much as 100kg of meat in one bite.

67-65MYA

68-65MYA

Flowering plants

Flowering plants rapidly became the most dominant type of plant. Magnolias are among the most ancient trees in existence.

130MYA - TODAY

JURASSIC (199 - 145 MYA) CRETACEOUS (145 - 65 MYA) scitech.org.au