Paludititan
| Paludititan Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Dorsal vertebra UBB NVM1-43 | |
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: | †Paludititan Csiki et al., 2010 |
| Species: | †P. nalatzensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Paludititan nalatzensis Csiki et al., 2010
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Paludititan is a
sauropod dinosaur which lived in the area of present Romania during the Late Cretaceous. It existed in the island ecosystem known as Hațeg Island.[1]
Discovery and naming
In 2002, a Belgian-Romanian expedition uncovered a sauropod skeleton in the bed of the river
Titan. The specific name refers to its finding place Nălațvad.[1]
The
chevrons, the right half of the pelvis, a left ischium, the lower end of the right thighbone, and two toe claws. The remains were not found in articulation but in such close association that it is likely they represent a single individual.[1]
The describing authors of Paludititan considered the possibility that the skeleton was a specimen of Magyarosaurus dacus, a coeval titanosaurian sauropod sharing the same habitat. Overlapping remains were identical. On the other hand, they did not show any shared unique traits,
synapomorphies, and M. dacus is known from a different location. They felt justified to name a separate taxon, pending further discoveries.[1]
Description
Paludititan was a relatively small sauropod, reaching 6 metres (20 ft) in length and 1 metric ton (1.1 short tons) in body mass.Valiora, found to certainly not belong to Paludititan, also show this feature, so it can no longer be considered as an autapomorphy of Paludititan. [3]
Evolutionary relationships
Paludititan was placed in 2010 in the
sister species of the South American Epachthosaurus.[1]
Paleoecology
Paludititan lived on the Cretaceous
References
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