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long-neck giant
Australodocus
Say it like this: “OSS-tra-luh-DOE-kus”
Australodocus bohetii
Australodocus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Tanzania.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2007 · Remes, K.
- Hip height
- 3.5 m · 11 ft
- Length
- 17 m · 56 ft
- Weight
- 4 tonnes
- Found in
- Tanzania · Tendaguru
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Somphospondyli
The story in short
The genus Australodocus dates to 2007, the year K. Remes described it. The name means “southern beam.”
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian), roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Tanzania, including the Tendaguru Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Australodocus at a length near 17 m, hips about 3.5 m high, and a body mass around 4 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abdarainurus
Abdarainurus barsboldi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Angolatitan
Angolatitan adamastor
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
Arkharavia
Arkharavia heterocoelica
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago