Savannasaurus elliottorum
- Length
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (93.9 Mya)
- Place
- Asia · Australia · Antarctica · Gondwana
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Savannasaurus is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia. It contains one species, Savannasaurus elliottorum, named in 2016 by Stephen Poropat and colleagues. The holotype and only known specimen, originally nicknamed “Wade”, is the most complete specimen of an Australian sauropod, and is held at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs museum. Dinosaurs known from contemporary rocks include its close relative Diamantinasaurus and the theropod Australovenator; associated teeth suggest that Australovenator may have fed on the holotype specimen.
At 15 m long, Savannasaurus was a medium-sized titanosaur. It is notable for its wide hips, which would have been over 1.1 m wide at their widest points.
What we know
- Named by Poropat et al. 2016.
- Body length estimated at about 15 m.
- Fossils found in Asia and Australia.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Savannasaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.