Diamantinasaurus

Diamantina lizard

• Diamantina · Place name (Diamantina River, Queensland · the Diamantina River, near where the fossils were found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Diamantinasaurus is named after the Diamantina River region of central-western Queensland, Australia, where the first fossils were found. The river itself was named after Diamantina Bowen, wife of Queensland's first governor. The Greek suffix "sauros" means lizard, so the name means "Diamantina lizard". The type species is D. matildae, named for "Matilda", the Waltzing Matilda connection to the area.

Named by

Hocknull et al.

Year named

2009

Period

Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous

Stages

Cenomanian – Turonian

Found in

Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia

A titanosaurian sauropod. The period fields are approximate: the Winton Formation is generally dated to the early Late Cretaceous (about Cenomanian–early Turonian), so "Late Cretaceous" is the more accurate period.