Duriatitan

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Duriatitan
Temporal range:
Ma
Holotype humerus seen from two different angles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade:
Titanosauriformes
Genus: Duriatitan
Barrett, Benson & Upchurch, 2010
Species:
D. humerocristatus
Binomial name
Duriatitan humerocristatus
(Hulke, 1874 [originally Cetiosaurus])
Synonyms

Duriatitan is a

Titan.[2] Thomas Holtz estimated its length at 25 meters (82 ft).[3]

Gigantosaurus megalonyx was once synonymised with Duriatitan while D. humerocristatus was still a species of Ornithopsis.[4]

References

  1. S2CID 129254662
    .
  2. ^ Paul M. Barrett, Roger B.J. Benson and Paul Upchurch (2010). "Dinosaurs of Dorset: Part II, the sauropod dinosaurs (Saurischia, Sauropoda) with additional comments on the theropods". Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 131: 113–126.
  3. ^ Holtz, Thomas R. (2012). "Holtz's Genus List" (PDF).
  4. ^ Lydekker, R. (1888). Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History):London, 1-309.