Australia (continent) of the continent of Australia, but of the separate, submerged continent of Zealandia. New Zealand and Australia are both part of the Oceanian sub-region known as Australasia, with New Guinea being in Melanesia. The term Oceania is often used to denote the region encompassing the Australian continent, Zealandia and various islands in the Pacific Ocean that are not included in the seven-continent model. Papua New Guinea, a country within the continent, is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse countries in the world. It is also one of the most rural, as only 18 percent of its people live
Smallest organisms smallest crocodilian is the Cuvier's dwarf caiman ("Paleosuchus palpebrosus") from northern and central South America. It reaches up to in length. One of the smallest snakes known is the recently discovered Barbados threadsnake ("Leptotyphlops carlae"). Adults average about long, which is only about twice as long as the hatchlings. The Common blind snake("Indotyphlops braminus") measures long, uncommonly to long. The smallest known dinosaur (excluding modern birds) is "Anchiornis", a genus of feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic Period 160 to 155 million years ago. Adult specimens range from long, and the weight has