Genus
Valid Extinct

Australodocus

Remes 2007
Etymology Poutre du sud

Australodocus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic period, around 150 million years ago, in what is now Lindi Region, Tanzania. Though initially considered a diplodocid, recent analyses suggest it may instead be a titanosauriform.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Australodocus
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Holotype (HMN MB.R.2455, Cervical vertebra) of Australodocus. © Matt Wedel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Australodocus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
1
Geological formations
Tendaguru
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Australodocus bohetii 149 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. Remes. 2007. A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa. Palaeontology 50(3):653-667 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
K. Remes. 2007. A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa. Palaeontology 50(3):653-667 DOI ↗