‘We used to smash them up’: How opal mining led to a haul of dinosaur bones – ABC News

Had Bob Foster ignored his gut instinct when he was mining in the 1980s, the world might never have known about a new species of dinosaur and the first dinosaur herd to be discovered in Australia. Key points: - The newly discovered species is a two-legged plant-eating dinosaur - To discover dozens of bones from the same dinosaur skeleton is a first, scientists claim - The new species has been named Fostoria dhimbangunmal Mr Foster was working at the Sheepyard opal field near Lightning Ridge, NSW, when he kept coming across what looked like "horses' hooves". "We used to smash them up looking...