RIP Jeff.

Australia's best known animatronic dinosaur has gone the way of his ancient counterparts. Extinction.

The skeletal remains of Jeff the dinosaur at Clive Palmer's Coolum resort. Credit:Kathy Sundstrom/Sunshine Coast Daily

Fire destroyed the giant Tyrannosaurus rex model on the grounds of Clive Palmer's Coolum resort in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Firefighters were called to the resort about 1.40am Tuesday, a Queensland Fire and Emergency Service spokesman said.