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Diamantinasaurus

Diamantinasaurus matildae Hocknull et al. 2009

Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · 100.5–89.8 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview

Diamantinasaurus matildae is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–89.8 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Hocknull et al. 2009. The species is represented by 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~21%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 6 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time

Where Diamantinasaurus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Diamantinasaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Diamantinasaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Richardoestesia
Richardoestesia asiatica
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predator–prey
Paronychodon
Paronychodon asiaticus
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predator–prey
Itemirus
Itemirus medullaris
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coexisted–with
Caenagnathasia
Caenagnathasia martinsoni
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coexisted–with
Turanoceratops
Turanoceratops tardabilis
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same–clade
Cathartesaura
Cathartesaura anaerobica
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same–clade
Limaysaurus
Limaysaurus tessonei
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same–clade
Astigmasaura
Astigmasaura genuflexa
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