Volgatitan

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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