Dinosaur
Savannasaurus
If one feature defines Savannasaurus, it is the width of its body, especially around the hips.
If one feature defines Savannasaurus, it is the width of its body, especially around the hips. It combined that bulky trunk with a long neck, a small head and strong legs, a build suited to supporting a large plant eater.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Savannasaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- It was a plant eater.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Titanosauria
- Titanosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Australia
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Savannasaurus
The remains were discovered in Queensland, and the species was described in 2016. Enough of the trunk and limbs survives to show that it was not simply another name for an already known Australian sauropod.
Its broad body has been proposed to spread its weight over soft ground. That interpretation comes from its anatomy and the region’s ancient landscapes; the bones cannot directly show how it walked on every kind of soil.
Its broad body has been proposed to spread its weight over soft ground. That interpretation comes from its anatomy and the region’s ancient landscapes; the bones cannot directly show how it walked on every kind of soil.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Its broad body has been proposed to spread its weight over soft ground. That interpretation comes from its anatomy and the region’s ancient landscapes; the bones cannot directly show how it walked on every kind of soil.
Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Savannasaurus
Wikipedia contributors · English source
Educational text adapted and translated from this article by Wikipedia contributors. The revision link, when captured in the source catalogue, identifies the source version.
Educational text adapted in English from the existing Wikipedia-backed Dinosgacha catalogue and linked articles by Wikipedia contributors.
Existing English translations have been selected and arranged for this encyclopedia. Repeated period and diet text is omitted where those fields already carry it. Unknown facts remain unfilled; unreviewed geological age phrases are omitted and period labels replace numerical ages.
The adapted educational text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. This text license does not apply to the game illustrations.