Elaltitan
| Elaltitan | |
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| Skeletal restoration, known material in blue | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
| Genus: | †Elaltitan Mannion & Otero, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Elaltitan lilloi Mannion & Otero, 2012
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Elaltitan is an
sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (mid Cenomanian to Turonian stage) of Chubut Province, southern Argentina. It contains a single species, Elaltitan lilloi.[1]
Etymology
Elaltitan was first described and named by Philip D. Mannion and Alejandro Otero in
titan, giant in Greek mythology. The specific name, lilloi, honors Miguel Lillo, for his contribution and legacy to natural sciences in Tucumán.[1]
Discovery
Elaltitan is known only from a single individual, represented by an associated partial
period, about 96.5-89.3 million years ago.[1]
Description
The
sauropods ever to have existed. Mannion & Otero (2012) also pointed out that there are currently 39 Cretaceous South American titanosauriform genera considered to be valid, the majority of which (31) are from Argentina.[1] Its weight has been estimated at 42.8 tonnes (42.1 long tons; 47.2 short tons) in 2014,[2] and at 35.4 tonnes (34.8 long tons; 39.0 short tons) in 2018.[3] However, in 2020 Molina-Perez and Larramendi gave a smaller size of 20 meters (66 ft) and 23 tonnes (25.35 short tons).[4]
References
- ^ S2CID 86762374.
- PMID 24802911.
- .
- Bibcode:2020dffs.book.....M.