Oceanotitan
Name:
Oceanotitan
(ocean titan).
Phonetic: O-shen-o-ty-tan
Named By: P. Mocho, R. Royo-Torres &
F. Ortega - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Sauropoda, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes.
Species: O. dantasi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Total body size uncertain due to lack of
remains.
Known locations: Portugal - Praia da
Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian/Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains including
scapula (shoulder blade), ilium (hip), partial rear leg,
and caudal (tail) vertebrae.
Oceanotitan
is a genus of titanisauriform
dinosaur that lived in Western Europe
during the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new macronarian sauropod from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal.
- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1578782:1-23. - P.
Mocho, R. Royo-Torres & F. Ortega - 2019.
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