Name:
Nullotitan
(Nullos’ titan).
Phonetic: Nul-lo-ty-tan.
Named By: X
Fernando E Novas, Federico Agnolin, Sebasti�n Rozadilla, Alexis
Mauro Aranciaga Rolando, Federico Briss�n Egli, Matias Motta,
Mauricio Cerroni, Martin Ezcurra, Agustin G. Martinelli, Julia
D'Angelo, Gerardo Alvarez Herrera, Adriel Gentil, Sergio Bogan,
Nicolas Chimento, Jordi Garcia Mars�, Gast�n Lo Coco, Sergio
Miquel, F�tima Fernanda Brito, Ezequiel Ignacio Vera, Valeria
Perez Loinaze, Mariela Soledad Fern�ndez & Leonardo
Salgado - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia,
Colossosauria.
Species: N. glaciaris
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain but roughly estimated at around
20 meters long for the holotype. Humerus 114 centimetres long.
Known locations: Argentina - Chorrillo Formation.
Time period: Argentina - Chorrillo Formation.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial skeleton
including fore and hind limb bones, caudal (tail) vertebrae and
cervical (neck )vertebrae.
Nullotitan
is a genus of titanosaurian
dinosaur that lived in South America during
the late Cretaceous. With an estimated length of around twenty meters
long for the holotype individual, Nullotitan was
a big dinosaur,
but a medium average amongst other titanosaurs.
Further reading
- Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper
Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz
Province, Patagonia, Argentina. - Revista del Museo Argentino
de Ciencias Naturales. 21 (2): 217–293. - Fernando E
Novas, Federico Agnolin, Sebasti�n Rozadilla, Alexis Mauro
Aranciaga Rolando, Federico Briss�n Egli, Matias Motta, Mauricio
Cerroni, Martin Ezcurra, Agustin G. Martinelli, Julia
D'Angelo, Gerardo Alvarez Herrera, Adriel Gentil, Sergio Bogan,
Nicolas Chimento, Jordi Garcia Mars�, Gast�n Lo Coco, Sergio
Miquel, F�tima Fernanda Brito, Ezequiel Ignacio Vera, Valeria
Perez Loinaze, Mariela Soledad Fern�ndez & Leonardo
Salgado - 2019.
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