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Unknown

Sauropoda; Macronaria; Titanosauriformes

Dr Mary Wade (1928–2005), former Curator of Palaeontology, Queensland Museum

Winton Formation

Early Cretaceous (late Albian), 100 million years

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Hip height 2–2.5 m

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Australian Age of dinosaurs dig team, 2003

Queensland Museum

Queensland Museum

Fossil material:

The Elliot dig occurred from 2001-2005 with the retrieval of dozens of bones, from at least four different-sized sauropods. Mary is only confidently known from a single bone tight tibia (one of the shinbones) from this large deposit.

Notes:

Mary was the second sauropod found at the Elliot dig site. Although some bones were discovered alongside those of the dinosaur Elliot in 1999 by David Elliott and during subsequent digs in 2002 and 2003, it was not until they were fully prepared that she was recognised as a separate animal about half the size of Elliot and is likley the same type of sauropod. Mary and Elliot were  the first two sauropods to be recovered from the same fossil site in Australia. The Elliot dig site is now known to be a "dinosaur graveyard" flood deposit containing the bones of several sauropods, including vertebrae from the neck, trunk and tail; pelvic and pectoral (shoulder) girdles; metacarpals (finger bones); and ribs. Proper assignment of all material is a work in progress.