Kronosaurus Korner

Kronosaurus Korner is a fossil museum and visitor information centre in Richmond, north-west Queensland, within the Richmond Shire. Located on the site of an ancient inland sea, it houses Australia's premier collection of Cretaceous marine vertebrate fossils, including the 10-metre Kronosaurus queenslandicus skeleton. The museum is notable for its extensive local fossil discoveries, interactive displays and role as the gateway to the Australian Dinosaur Trail.

Visitors can expect a modern, air-conditioned museum centred on marine reptile fossils from the Early Cretaceous inland sea that covered Richmond 120-100 million years ago. The main hall displays the 10-metre Kronosaurus queenslandicus skeleton, Richmond plesiosaur and fish and turtle fossils, with interpretive panels, lighting and interactive displays. Areas include fossil preparation lab viewing, theatre, gift shop and Richmond Visitor Information Centre. The setting is central Richmond town, flat and easily walkable.

Richmond lies on the former Eromanga Inland Sea that covered inland Australia during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 120-100 million years ago. Exceptional marine vertebrate fossils including Kronosaurus queenslandicus, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and ancient fish have been discovered on surrounding pastoral stations since the 1930s. Kronosaurus Korner was established in the 1990s to house and display these locally found fossils and opened as Richmond's accredited fossil museum and interpretive centre.

The museum preserves and interprets the paleontological heritage of the Richmond Shire and the Australian Dinosaur Trail, serving as a community cultural centre and educational resource. It highlights the significance of local pastoral and fossil-hunting history and contributes to regional tourism and identity as Australia's fossil capital for marine reptiles.