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Diamantinasaurus
Taxonomy
Diamantinasaurus was named by Hocknull et al. (2009). Its type is Diamantinasaurus matildae.
It was assigned to Somphospondyli by Mannion et al. (2013); to Lithostrotia by Hocknull et al. (2009), Zaher et al. (2011), Molnar (2011), Grellet-Tinner et al. (2011), Poropat et al. (2015); to Titanosauriformes by Salisbury et al. (2016); to Saltasauridae by D'Emic (2012), González Riga et al. (2016); to Titanosauria by Mannion and Calvo (2011), Poropat et al. (2016), Poropat et al. (2020); and to Diamantinasauria by Poropat et al. (2021), Rigby et al. (2021), Navarro et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023), Poropat et al. (2023), Beeston et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Somphospondyli by Mannion et al. (2013); to Lithostrotia by Hocknull et al. (2009), Zaher et al. (2011), Molnar (2011), Grellet-Tinner et al. (2011), Poropat et al. (2015); to Titanosauriformes by Salisbury et al. (2016); to Saltasauridae by D'Emic (2012), González Riga et al. (2016); to Titanosauria by Mannion and Calvo (2011), Poropat et al. (2016), Poropat et al. (2020); and to Diamantinasauria by Poropat et al. (2021), Rigby et al. (2021), Navarro et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023), Poropat et al. (2023), Beeston et al. (2024).
Species
D. matildae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Diamantinasaurus Hocknull et al. p. 4 |
| 2011 | Diamantinasaurus Grellet-Tinner et al. p. 625 |
| 2011 | Diamantinasaurus Mannion and Calvo |
| 2011 | Diamantinasaurus Molnar p. 336 |
| 2011 | Diamantinasaurus Zaher et al. p. 8 fig. 7 |
| 2012 | Diamantinasaurus D'Emic |
| 2013 | Diamantinasaurus Mannion et al. |
| 2015 | Diamantinasaurus Poropat et al. |
| 2016 | Diamantinasaurus González Riga et al. |
| 2016 | Diamantinasaurus Poropat et al. |
| 2016 | Diamantinasaurus Salisbury et al. p. 125 |
| 2020 | Diamantinasaurus Poropat et al. |
| 2021 | Diamantinasaurus Poropat et al. |
| 2021 | Diamantinasaurus Rigby et al. p. 2 |
| 2022 | Diamantinasaurus Navarro et al. p. 344 fig. 13 |
| 2023 | Diamantinasaurus Poropat et al. p. 162 |
| 2023 | Diamantinasaurus Poropat et al. |
| 2024 | Diamantinasaurus Beeston et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Diamantinasaurus Hocknull et al. 2009
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†Diamantinasaurus matildae Hocknull et al. 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: infrao = infraorder | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Australia (Queensland) | D. matildae (225325 229882) | |
| Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | D. matildae (234749 234750) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | D. matildae (62553) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | D. matildae (90140) |