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long-neck giant
Savannasaurus
Say it like this: “suh-VAN-uh-SOR-us”
Savannasaurus elliottorum
Savannasaurus 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
- 2016 · Poropat, S. F.; Mannion, P. D.; Upchurch, P.; Hocknull, S. A.; Kear, B. P.; Kundrát, M.; Tischler, T. R.; Sloan, T.; Sinapius, G. H. K.; Elliott, J. A.; Elliott, D. A.
- Hip height
- 2.9 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 20 tonnes
- Found in
- Australia · Winton
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Diamantinasauria
The story in short
In 2016, S. F. Poropat and colleagues published the name Savannasaurus.
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 Savannasaurus at a length near 15 m, hips about 2.9 m high, and a body mass around 20 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Diamantinasauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Australotitan
Australotitan cooperensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
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