Name
Atacamatitan (Atacama titan).
Phonetic
At-ah-cam-ah-tie-tan.
Named By
Alexander W.A. Kellner, David Rubilar-Rogers, Alexander Vargas & Mario Su�rez - 2011.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Titanosauria.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
A. hilensis
Size
Uncertain.
Known locations
Chile, Antofagasta Region - Tolar Formation.
Time Period
Late (Campanian?) Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial post cranial remains including the limbs, vertebrae, ribs and several unidentifiable fragments.
Named after the Atacama Desert, Atacamatitan was a genus of titanosaur sauropod that lived in what is now Chile during the late Cretaceous. More precise details about the genus however remain hard to establish, due to the fact that the remains of Atacamatitan are very incomplete.
- A new titanosaur sauropod from the Atacama Desert, Chile - Alexander W.A. Kellner, David Rubilar-Rogers, Alexander Vargas & Mario Su�rez - 2011.
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