Name:
Volgatitan
(Volga titan).
Phonetic: Vol-ga-ty-tan.
Named By: A. Averianov & V. Efimov
- 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia.
Species: V. simbirskiensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Hauterivian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Several caudal (tail)
vertebrae.
Volgatitan
is a genus of titanosaur
that lived in Russia during the early
Cretaceous period.
Further reading
- The oldest titanosaurian sauropod of the Northern Hemisphere. -
Biological Communications 63(3):145-162. - A. Averianov
& V. Efimov - 2018.
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