Austrosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0151Allaru Mudstone Fm., Australia

Austrosaurus

DV-0151 · type species Austrosaurus mckillopi

Lived
106 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 15 m (49 ft)
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Australia
Named by
Longman 1933

Field notes

About Austrosaurus

Austrosaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 106 to 101 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Austrosaurus, from Australia. Its fossils come from the Allaru Mudstone Formation. It was named by Longman in 1933.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

105 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Austrosaurus?

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Austrosaurus: about 15 m (49 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical sauropod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Somphospondyli.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. A. Longman. 1933. A new dinosaur from the Queensland Cretaceous. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(3):131-144