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Australodocus
Extinct genus of dinosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Australodocus (meaning "southern beam" from the Latin australis "southern" and the Greek dokos/δοκоς "beam") 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.
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Australodocus | |
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Holotype cervical vertebra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Titanosauriformes |
Clade: | †Somphospondyli |
Genus: | †Australodocus Remes, 2007 |
Species: | †A. bohetii |
Binomial name | |
†Australodocus bohetii Remes, 2007 | |
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