2022 $1 Australian Dinosaurs Australovenator PNC Gold - 0.5g Proof by then Prime Minister Gough

by then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam

Despite its fearless nature the wombat has a  short-legged muscular frame

Australovenator wintonensis was a theropod (three-toed) dinosaur that lived during the Mid-Cretaceous Period

To honour the first Australian Legend

2022 $1 Australian Dinosaurs Australovenator PNC Gold - 0.5g Proof by then Prime Minister GoughAustralovenator wintonensis was a theropod (three toed) dinosaur that lived during the Mid Cretaceous Period. Its fossilised bones were discovered near Winton, Queensland, intermingled with the bones of Diamantinasaurus. Like all carnivorous dinosaurs, Australovenator was two legged with smaller forelimbs. A claw of this dinosaur has also been found in Early Cretaceous rocks in Victoria and at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.