Austrosaurus

Austrosaurus
Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous (Albian),
~
Presacral vertebrae from the holotype
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Somphospondyli
Genus: Austrosaurus
Longman, 1933
Type species
Austrosaurus mckillopi
Longman, 1933

Austrosaurus (/ˌɔːstrˈsɔːrəs/; lit.'Southern lizard') was an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Allaru Formation, from the early Cretaceous (112-100 million years ago) of Central-Western Queensland in Australia.