A remote Outback town is putting a uniquely Australian twist on Mother’s Day this year – by naming a newly-discovered dinosaur after two devoted local mums.

Meet JoJo the sauropod – a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur recently unveiled by the Eromanga Natural History Museum, west of Quilpie, Queensland.

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The fossil was discovered during a dig in 2023, but this week it’s been given a name with special meaning.

JoJo is named in honour of Jo Pegler, the museum’s Laboratory Manager, and Joanne Wilkinson, its founding educator.

Both women have played a major role in the museum since it first opened 20 years ago, and now their dedication is being recognised in fossilised form.

The Museum said JoJo was more than just a glimpse into Australia’s prehistoric past.

She symbolises the critical work of Jo and Joanne in building and sustaining this remote centre of palaeontology.

But it hasn’t all been celebration.

This year, devastating floods have delayed the museum’s annual May dinosaur dig and caused a significant drop in visitor numbers by 85 per cent, hitting the not-for-profit organisation hard.

The Eromanga Natural History Museum is now urging Australians to lend support by visiting, spreading the word or donating.

Despite the flooding, the museum itself stayed safe – perched beyond the reach of rising waters.

Ironically, the region’s modern-day floods echo its ancient past:

Ninety million years ago, Eromanga sat in the middle of the vast Eromanga Inland Sea.

Today, Eromanga is the furthest town from the sea in Australia.

But the museum holds a significant collection of marine fossils thanks to that very history.

And there may be a silver lining to the recent rain.

Museum staff believe the floods may have exposed a new trove of fossils, ready to be uncovered when digging resumes later this month.