Diamantinasauria

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Diamantinasaurians
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Turonian
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Skull of Sarmientosaurus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Diamantinasauria
Poropat et al., 2021
Genera
  • Australotitan
  • Diamantinasaurus
  • Sarmientosaurus
  • Savannasaurus

Diamantinasauria is an extinct clade of non-lithostrotian titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs, known from the early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of South America and Australia. It was named by Poropat and colleagues in 2021, and contains four genera: Australotitan, Savannasaurus and Diamantinasaurus from the Winton Formation of Queensland, as well as Sarmientosaurus from the Bajo Barreal Formation of Patagonia. The existence of the clade indicates connectivity between Australia and South America via Antarctica during the Cretaceous period.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Poropat, Stephen F; Kundrát, Martin; Mannion, Philip D; Upchurch, Paul; Tischler, Travis R; Elliott, David A (2021-01-20). "Second specimen of the Late Cretaceous Australian sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae provides new anatomical information on the skull and neck of early titanosaurs". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: zlaa173. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa173. ISSN 0024-4082.
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