Savannasaurus elliottorum Poropat et al. 2016 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: S. F. Poropat, P. D. Mannion, P. Upchurch, S. A. Hocknull, B. P. Kear, M. Kundrát, T. R. Tischler, T. Sloan, G. H. K. Sinapius, J. A. Elliott, and D. A. Elliott. 2016. New Australian sauropods shed light on Cretaceous dinosaur palaeobiogeography. Scientific Reports 6:34467:1-12

Belongs to Savannasaurus according to S. L. Beeston et al. 2024

See also Brougham et al. 2019, Frauenfelder et al. 2021, Poropat et al. 2023, Poropat et al. 2016, Poropat et al. 2020, Poropat et al. 2023, Poropat et al. 2021 and Rigby et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AODF 0660, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ho-Hum site, Belmont Station (AODL 0082), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian floodplain siltstone in the Winton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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