Kaijutitan

Kaijutitan (meaning "Kaiju titan" after the type of Japanese movie monsters) is a genus of basal titanosaur dinosaur from the Sierra Barrosa Formation from Neuquén Province in Argentina. The type and only species is Kaijutitan maui.[1]

Titanosauria

Andesaurus

Wintonotitan

Kaijutitan

Epachthosaurus

Eutitanosauria

Kaijutitan
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Coniacian
89–86 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Eusauropoda
Clade: Neosauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Genus: Kaijutitan
Filippi, Salgado & Garrido, 2019
Type species
Kaijutitan maui
Filippi, Salgado & Garrido, 2019

References

  1. Filippi, L.S., Salgado, L., Garrido, A.C., A new giant basal titanosaur sauropod in the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina, Cretaceous Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.008.


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