1373: Giant Dino Stomps Into Record Books

It’s time to meet Australotitan cooperensis – a new species of
giant sauropod dinosaur from Eromanga, southwest Queensland.



The fossilised skeleton was originally nicknamed ‘Cooper’ after
Cooper Creek, when first discovered in 2007 by the Eromanga
Natural History Museum. It now represents the largest species of
dinosaur ever found in Australia.



Senior Curator of Geosciences at Queensland Museum, Dr Scott
Hocknull, has played a large role in unearthing and naming the
beast. He joins Jennie Lenman for a chat about the
discovery.