Savannasaurus
Field photograph to come
Savannasaurus
DV-0961 · type species Savannasaurus elliottorum
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Australia
- Named by
- Poropat et al. 2016
Field notes
About Savannasaurus
Savannasaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Savannasaurus, from Australia. Its fossils come from the Winton Formation. It was named by Poropat et al. in 2016.
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. F. Poropat, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch, S. A. Hocknull, B. P. Kear, M. Kundrát, T. R. Tischler, T. Sloan, G. H. K. Sinapius, J. A. Elliott, D. A. Elliott. 2016. New Australian sauropods shed light on Cretaceous dinosaur palaeobiogeography. Scientific Reports 6:34467:1-12