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Austrosaurus Austrosaurus mckillopi Longman 1933
/ˌɔːstroʊˈsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 106.3–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
Australia
Region
Queensland
Formation
Allaru Mudstone
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Austrosaurus mckillopi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 106.3–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Queensland, Australia. It was named by Longman 1933. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Austrosaurus mckillopi sits in deep time
Austrosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Austrosaurus mckillopi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.