Ingentia
Name: Ingentia
(Huge one).
Phonetic: In-gen-te-ah.
Named By: C. Apaldetti, R. N. Mart�nez,
I. A. Cerda, D. Pol & O. Alcober - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Lessemsauridae.
Species: I. prima (type)
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly about 7.5 meters long for holotype
individual.
Known locations: Argentina - Quebrada del Barro
Formation.
Time period: Norian/Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.
Living
in the late Triassic, Ingentia is a genus of sauropod
dinosaur that
already shows thickening of bones and a growth to a large stocky size,
a foreshadowing of the huge sizes that sauropod dinosaurs would attain
in the Jurassic. Since being named Ingentia is
regarded as being
similar in form to other genera such as Lessemsaurus,
Ledumahadi
and
Antetonitrus,
hence the inclusion of Ingentia within the
Lessemsauridae group of sauropod dinosaurs. Other dinosaurs likely
around at the same time and location as Ingentia
include the
sauropodomorph
Leyesaurus
and the small theropod Lucianovenator.
Further reading
- An early trend towards gigantism in Triassic sauropodomorph
dinosaurs. - Nature Ecology & Evolution 2:1227-1232.
- C. Apaldetti, R. N. Mart�nez, I. A. Cerda, D.
Pol & O. Alcober - 2018.
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