Kaijutitan

Kaijutitan (meaning "Kaiju titan" after the type of Japanese movie monsters) is a genus of basal titanosaur dinosaur from the Sierra Barrosa Formation from Neuquén Province in Argentina. The type and only species is Kaijutitan maui.[1]

Titanosauria
 
 

Andesaurus

 
 

Wintonotitan

 
 
 
 

Kaijutitan

 
 
 

Epachthosaurus

 
 

Eutitanosauria

 
 
 
 

Kaijutitan
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Coniacian
89–86 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Suborder: †Sauropodomorpha
Clade: †Sauropoda
Clade: †Eusauropoda
Clade: †Neosauropoda
Clade: †Macronaria
Clade: †Titanosauria
Genus: †Kaijutitan
Filippi, Salgado & Garrido, 2019
Type species
†Kaijutitan maui
Filippi, Salgado & Garrido, 2019

References

  1. Filippi, L.S., Salgado, L., Garrido, A.C., A new giant basal titanosaur sauropod in the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina, Cretaceous Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.008.


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