Australotitan

Australotitan
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous,
Right femur of the holotype
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Somphospondyli
Clade: Diamantinasauria
Genus: Australotitan
Hocknull et al. 2021
Species:
A. cooperensis
Binomial name
Australotitan cooperensis
Hocknull et al. 2021

Australotitan (IPA: [au̯sˈtraːloʊtiˈtan]) is an extinct genus of possibly titanosaurian somphospondylan dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Winton Formation (Cenomanian–Turonian) of southern-central Queensland, Australia. The genus contains a single species, A. cooperensis, known from multiple partial skeletons. The genus Australotitan may be synonymous with Diamantinasaurus, a contemporary relative.

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