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long-neck giant
Australotitan
Say it like this: “aw-STRAY-lo-TIE-tan”
Australotitan cooperensis
Australotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Hocknull, S. A.; Wilkinson, M.; Lawrence, R. A.; Konstantinov, V.; Mackenzie, S.; Mackenzie, R.
- Hip height
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 24 m · 79 ft
- Weight
- 35 tonnes
- Found in
- Australia · Winton
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Diamantinasauria
The story in short
Australotitan was formally named in 2021 by S. A. Hocknull and colleagues.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Winton Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Australotitan at a length near 24 m, hips about 4 m high, and a body mass around 35 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Diamantinasauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Diamantinasaurus
Diamantinasaurus matildae
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Sarmientosaurus
Sarmientosaurus musacchioi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Savannasaurus
Savannasaurus elliottorum
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago