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Six thyreophoran track types have been found on the Dinosaur Coast.
These were made by three medium-bodied forms, one large-bodied form and two very large-bodied forms:
Morphotypes are distinct types of tracks without formal names.
A ‘cf.’ in front of an ichnotaxon name means that the track looks like that type of track but is probably different. It is too poorly known to be sure.
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Well known thyreophorans
What did thyreophorans look like?
Palaeontologists examine clues that extinct dinosaurs have left behind, found in fossils and evidence of animal activity, such as footprints & trackways. This is what ‘Broome’ thyreophorans may have looked like.
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Garbina roeorum
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Thyreophoran-Garbina-Roeorum-Trackmaker.png)
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Thyreophoran-Garbina-roeorum.jpg)
Luluichnus mueckei
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Thyreophoran-Luluichnus-Meuckei-Trackmaker.png)
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Thyreophoran-Luluichnus-mueckei.jpg)
Broome thyreophoran morphotype A
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Broome-Thyreophoran-Morphotype-A-Trackmaker.png)
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Broome-Thyreophoran-Morphotype-A.jpg)
Broome thyreophoran morphotype B
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Broome-Thyreophoran-Morphotype-B-Trackmaker.png)
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Broome-Thyreophoran-Morphotype-B.jpg)
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Broome Dinosaurs
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ornithopods-1.png)
Ornithopods
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sauropod-10.png)
Sauropods
![](https://www.dinosaurcoast.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Theropod-13.png)