Oceanotitan

Oceanotitan (meaning "ocean giant") is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod known from the Upper Jurassic Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation of Portugal. It contains one species, Oceanotitan dantasi.[1]

Oceanotitan
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
152 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Eusauropoda
Clade: Neosauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Camarasauromorpha
Clade: Titanosauriformes
Genus: Oceanotitan
Mocho, Moyo-Torres & Ortega, 2019
Species:
O. dantasi
Binomial name
Oceanotitan dantasi
Mocho, Moyo-Torres & Ortega, 2019

The holotype consists of the scapula, almost all of the pelvis, a complete leg sans the toes, and nine caudals.[1]

References

  1. Mocho, Pedro; Royo-Torres, Rafael; Ortega, Francisco (2019). "A new macronarian sauropod from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. e1578782. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1578782.


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