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Austrosaurus
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Dorsal vertebrae (part of the backbone) and limb remains of Austrosaurus have been found.
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- Pronounced
- aws-troh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- south lizard
- Length
- about 15m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(112 - 99 million years ago) - Found in
- Australia
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Austrosaurus
- Named by
- Longman (1933)
- Type species
- mckillopi