Tambatitanis
Genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tambatitanis (meaning "Tamba giant", after Tamba, the name given to the northwest of Kansai, Japan[1]) is an extinct genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (probably early Albian[2]) of Japan. It is known from a single type species, Tambatitanis amicitiae, which is known from the Sasayama Group.[1] It was probably around 14 m (46 ft) long and its mass was estimated at some 4 tonnes (3.9 long tons; 4.4 short tons).[2] It was a basal titanosauriform and possibly belonged to the Euhelopodidae.[1] The holotype was collected between 2006 and 2010.[3]
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Tambatitanis | |
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Caudal vertebrae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Macronaria |
Clade: | †Somphospondyli |
Genus: | †Tambatitanis Saegusa & Ikeda, 2014 |
Type species | |
†Tambatitanis amicitiae Saegusa & Ikeda, 2014 |
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