Savannasaurus
Savannasaurus was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in Australia about 95 million years ago. It had a very wide hips and a body shaped like a barrel, making it look extra chunky. This dinosaur is one of the most complete sauropod skeletons ever found in Australia.1
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Savannasaurus had one of the widest hips of any sauropod, measuring over one metre across.1
Its name means 'savanna lizard' because it was found in a dry, grassy area of Australia.1
This dinosaur lived during the Cretaceous Period, about 100 to 90 million years ago.3
Savannasaurus is a titanosaur, a group of sauropods that spread all over the world by 125 million years ago.1
Its bones were found in a single concretion, meaning they were stuck together in a hard rock.1
Savannasaurus had a wide body and a long neck, but its tail was relatively short compared to other sauropods.1
Most asked questions about Savannasaurus
?How big was Savannasaurus?
Savannasaurus was about 15 metres (49 feet) long and weighed around 20 tonnes (22 short tons). It stood about 3 metres (9.8 feet) tall at the shoulder.2
?What did Savannasaurus eat?
Savannasaurus was a plant-eater. It ate plants like ferns and cycads that grew on the floodplains where it lived.2
?When did Savannasaurus live?
Savannasaurus lived about 93.9 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period.2
?Where was Savannasaurus found?
Savannasaurus was found in Queensland, Australia, on a sheep station called Belmont, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) northeast of Winton.2
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- Scientific name
- Savannasaurus
- Named by
- Poropat et al. 20163
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Diamantinasauria3
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
- Age of the rocks
- 100 to 90 million years (Cenomanian / Turonian)3
- Rock formations
- Winton3
- Countries
- Australia3
- Fossil records
- 3 in the Paleobiology Database3
- Discovery
- Savannasaurus was named in 2016 by Stephen Poropat and his team. The skeleton was found on Belmont sheep station in Queensland, Australia, and the species name honors the Elliott family for their help with Australian paleontology.1
- Still debated
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Savannasaurus and other Australian sauropods are related to sauropods from South America and other continents.1
Where the facts come from
- New Australian sauropods shed light on Cretaceous dinosaur palaeobiogeography | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
- Savannasaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Savannasaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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