Species
Valid Extinct

Diamantinasaurus matildae

Hocknull et al. 2009

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Neosauropoda Unranked clade
Macronaria Unranked clade
Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
Somphospondyli Unranked clade
Diamantinasauria Unranked clade
Diamantinasaurus Genus
Diamantinasaurus matildae Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
6
Geological formations
Winton
6
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
6
Bibliography
Original description
S. A. Hocknull, M. A. White, and T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7):e6190: 1-51 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
S. L. Beeston, S. F. Poropat, and P. D. Mannion, A. H. Pentland, M. J. Enchelmaier, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliott. 2024. Reappraisal of sauropod dinosaur diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, through 3D digitisation and description of new specimens. PeerJ 12:e17180 DOI ↗
S. F. Poropat, P. D. Mannion, and S. L. Rigby, R. J. Duncan, A. H. Pentland, J. J. Bevitt, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliott. 2023. A nearly complete skull of the sauropod dinosaur Diamantinasaurus matildae from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Australia and implications for the early evolution of titanosaurs. Royal Society Open Science 10:221618:1-74 DOI ↗
S. L. Rigby, S. F. Poropat, and P. D. Mannion, A. H. Pentland, T. Sloan, S. J. Rumbold, C. B. Webster, D. A. Elliott. 2021. A juvenile Diamantinasaurus matildae (Dinosauria: Titanosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, with implications for sauropod ontogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(6):e2047991:1-20 DOI ↗
S. F. Poropat, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch, S. A. Hocknull, B. P. Kear, M. Kundrát, T. R. Tischler, T. Sloan, G. H. K. Sinapius, J. A. Elliott, D. A. Elliott. 2016. New Australian sauropods shed light on Cretaceous dinosaur palaeobiogeography. Scientific Reports 6:34467:1-12 DOI ↗
S. A. Hocknull, M. A. White, and T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7):e6190: 1-51 DOI ↗