New dinosaurs species, found in 2007, largest in Australia, say researchers

New dinosaurs species, found in 2007, largest in Australia, say researchers

New dinosaurs species, found in 2007, largest in Australia, say researchers

A new species of dinosaur, discovered in 2007, has been classified as the largest dinosaur ever found in Australia by the researchers in a study. The giant sauropod Australotitan cooperensis or ‘the southern titan’ is among the 15 largest dinosaurs of the world. Australotitan is now the largest known species from Australia, Rochelle Lawrence, senior research assistant, and Scott Hocknull, senior curator, geosciences at Queensland Museum, who were part of the study said .

“The new titanosaurian is the largest dinosaur from Australia as represented by osteological remains and based on limb-size comparisons .

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