Soriatitan
Name:
Soriatitan
(Soria titan).
Phonetic: Sor-e-ah-ty-tan.
Named By: R. Royo-Torres, C. Fuentes, M.
Meijide, F. Meijide-Fuentes & M. Meijide-Fuentes -
2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Brachiosauridae.
Species: S. golmayensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be between 13-14
meters long.
Known locations: Spain - Golmayo Formation.
Time period: Hauterivian/Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Teeth and partial post
cranial skeletal remains.
Soriatitan
is a genus of sauropod
dinosaur that lived in Spain during the early
Cretaceous. Although only known from partial remains, Soriatitan
has been identified as a brachiosaurid sauropod, with features seen
in both European and North American brachiosaurid dinosaurs.
Further reading
- A new Brachiosauridae Sauropod dinosaur from the lower Cretaceous
of Europe (Soria Province, Spain). - Cretaceous Research
80:38-55. - R. Royo-Torres, C. Fuentes, M. Meijide,
F. Meijide-Fuentes & M. Meijide-Fuentes - 2017.
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