Muttaburrasaurus
/mʌtəbʌrəˈsɔːrəs/ /mʌtəˈbʌrəˌsɔːrəs/Palaeontology
noun
An Australian genus of heavily built ornithopod dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period, related to iguanodonts; (also muttaburrasaurus) a dinosaur of this genus.
Origin
1980s. From scientific Latin Muttaburrasaurus, genus name from the name of Muttaburra, a township in Queensland, Australia, where fossil remains were found + -saurus.