Most south-east asian countries doesn't have any, unfortunately. Though I think in my area I think it was submerged in water (maybe a river or a lake), coz when I was young I was seeing seashells when digging around our old home.
Obviously, but I think the context makes it clear the OP is talking about non-avialan dinosaurs. No reason to pretend not to understand what they meant in order to demonstrate how pedantic we can be.
But for real- all Mesozoic fossils from the New Guinea island are small marine invertebrates. Continental drift modules show that this was a shallow sea, with the land being connected to the Australian tectonic plate and rising after the Mesozoic.
Were there any cool marine reptiles found at least sort of nearby? The way Europe had things like Mosasaurus and Dakosaurus? Southeast Asia I think started the dinosaur era pretty close to the North Pole, and Australia sat near the South Pole for a long time, but at some point surely they both started drifting towards the equator.
Considering its landmass was connected to Australia (Sahul) until only aorund 12,000 years ago, alot of northern Australian species likely lived on what would becoem New Guinea. Currently though, no direct evidence of Dinosaurs in New Guinea ( ... except for theropods of course).
Most south-east asian countries doesn't have any, unfortunately. Though I think in my area I think it was submerged in water (maybe a river or a lake), coz when I was young I was seeing seashells when digging around our old home.
No, new guinea didnt exist yet
Hence the brackets in the title-
Still that would be water and we dont have any evidence of fully aquatic dinosaurs
Most islands in this region are volcanic and were built up by volcanoes during the Cenozoic.
I mean there would be dinosaurs if we count birds tho
Obviously, but I think the context makes it clear the OP is talking about non-avialan dinosaurs. No reason to pretend not to understand what they meant in order to demonstrate how pedantic we can be.
Ye ik
Cassowary
Discounting birds right? Cause... Birds?
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But for real- all Mesozoic fossils from the New Guinea island are small marine invertebrates. Continental drift modules show that this was a shallow sea, with the land being connected to the Australian tectonic plate and rising after the Mesozoic.
Were there any cool marine reptiles found at least sort of nearby? The way Europe had things like Mosasaurus and Dakosaurus? Southeast Asia I think started the dinosaur era pretty close to the North Pole, and Australia sat near the South Pole for a long time, but at some point surely they both started drifting towards the equator.
Kronosaurus was found in Northern Australia - maybe it swam up to New Guinea also :)
Not anything that we know of from the Mesozoic.
I think the only vertebrate fossils found there are from much later, in the Miocene.
Considering its landmass was connected to Australia (Sahul) until only aorund 12,000 years ago, alot of northern Australian species likely lived on what would becoem New Guinea. Currently though, no direct evidence of Dinosaurs in New Guinea ( ... except for theropods of course).