Austrosaurus mckillopi orstroh-SORRUHS

"southern lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Austrosaurus 20 m (66 ft) long
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Length
20 m (66 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (112–100 Mya)
Place
Australia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Austrosaurus (; “southern lizard”) was an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Allaru Formation, dated to the early Cretaceous (112-100 million years ago), of Central-Western Queensland in Australia. Several specimens are known.

What we know

  • Named by Longman, 1933.
  • Body length estimated at about 20 m.
  • Fossils found in Australia.