Diamantinasaurus
Field photograph to come
Diamantinasaurus
DV-0683 · type species Diamantinasaurus matildae
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Australia
- Named by
- Hocknull et al. 2009
Field notes
About Diamantinasaurus
Diamantinasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 6 finds of Diamantinasaurus, from Australia. Its fossils come from the Winton Formation. It was named by Hocknull et al. in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Diamantinasauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. A. Hocknull, M. A. White, and T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7):e6190: 1-51