Austrosaurus

Austrosaurus
Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous (Albian),[1]
~112–105 Ma
Presacral vertebrae from the holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Clade: †Macronaria
Clade: †Somphospondyli
Genus: †Austrosaurus
Longman, 1933
Type species
Austrosaurus mckillopi
Longman, 1933

Austrosaurus (/ˌɔːstroʊˈsɔːrəs/; lit. 'Southern lizard') was an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Allaru Formation, from the early Cretaceous (112-105 million years ago) of Central-Western Queensland in Australia.

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