Austrosaurus

southern lizard

• austro- · Latin · southern (from auster, south)
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Austrosaurus means "southern lizard". It was named for Australia, the southern land where the first fossils were found. The type species, A. mckillopi, honors H. C. McKillop, who helped find the original bones during well drilling.

Named by

Longman

Year named

1933

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Albian

Found in

Allaru Mudstone, Queensland, Australia

A sauropod, usually regarded as a titanosauriform. It is known from fragmentary remains (vertebrae and ribs), so its exact relationships are uncertain. Some authors have questioned how diagnostic the material is.