![]() ![]() “We found that Australotitan was the largest in the family, followed by Wintonotitan with big hips and long legs.” “We compared the three species found to the north, near Winton, to our new Eromanga giant and it looks like Australia’s largest dinosaurs were all part of one big happy family,” Hocknull said in a statement. All Australotitan specimens so far have been found near one of the creek's tributaries, hundreds of kilometers south of previous sauropod discoveries. The newly discovered sauropod has been described in PeerJ, with the species name coming from Cooper Creek, the storied ephemeral waterway. With the specimens so far discovered showing substantial variation, Hocknull told IFLScience it's possible giants that could exceed the South Americans might still be found. cooperensis ranks among the top 10-15 largest dinosaur species ever found. The current world record-holder Patagotitan mayorum reached 37 meters (121 feet). Its weight is less certain, estimated at anywhere between 23 and 74 tonnes. ![]() One of its discoverers, Dr Scott Hocknull of the Queensland Museum, described the find as “As long as a basketball court and as tall as a b-double,” in a statement. cooperensis is thought to have been 25-30 meters long (80-100 feet) and 5-6.5 meters high at the hip (17-20 feet), making it at least a third longer than its largest known compatriot species. ![]()
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