The dinosaur, described by paleontologist Phil Bell and colleagues, doesn’t have a scientific name. There’s too little of the skeleton to raise the banner of a new genus or species just yet. But there’s enough of the fossil to tell that the dinosaur was one of the megaraptorids – large, predatory dinosaurs that bore extra-long claws on their hands.

Megaraptors are still mystery dinosaurs. No one’s quite sure what group of theropod dinosaur they group most closely to. But, as far as Australia goes, the “Lightning Claw” was found in rock about 12 million years older than the next megaraptor found in the country. It likely represents something new, making the fact that some of its skeleton might have been lost