Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years but Victoria Police has footage of one terrorising a man at a Melbourne train station.
Police are trying to identify a so-called "brontosaurus bandit" after he used a glass bottle to try to rob a 21-year-old university student.
The bandit in a dinosaur onesie was among a group of youths that attacked the Glen Waverley man as he made his way home on October 16.
The victim was walking through a pedestrian tunnel at Syndal station when a male in the group grabbed his backpack and pulled him to the ground.
After refusing to hand over his wallet and phone, he was threatened with a glass bottle.
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He escaped uninjured, with the group of four throwing beer bottles at him as he fled.
Constable Steve Willer said the youths might have been drinking at the time of the attack and appeared to be stumbling in CCTV footage.
"It would be quite a frightening experience for an individual to be confronted in that way," Const Willer said.
"He's a bit scared of catching transport and he's also a bit worried about moving around public places."
Police are appealing for help identifying the group, consisting of three males and a female believed to be aged between 16 years old and 20 years old.
