Rukwatitan
| Rukwatitan | |
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| Holotype humerus in anterior view with scale bar | |
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: | †Rukwatitan Gorscak et al., 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Rukwatitan bisepultus Gorscak et al., 2014
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Rukwatitan is a genus of
Malawisaurus dixeyi, measured 30 feet (9.1 m) from the head to the tip of the tail,[3] and had forelimbs that were estimated around 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long. Its fossils were found embedded in a cliff face near Lake Rukwa in the Rukwa Valley, from which it gets its name.[4][5]
References
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- ^ Eric Gorscak. "Ohio University paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania". Ohio: Research. Ohio University. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ Agata Blaszczak-Boxe/ (8 September 2014). "New dinosaur species a rare find in Africa". CBS News. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ Jennifer Viegas (8 September 2014). "Another Massive New Dinosaur Found, This Time in Africa". Discovery Channel. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2014.