In Depth
Ninjatitan is a genus of titanosaurid dinosaur that lived in South America during the Early Cretaceous. A very interesting thing about the Ninjatitan genus is that the holotype fossil remains were recovered from a Berriasian/Valanginian aged fossil deposit, which indicates that Ninjatitan may have been amongst the first definitive titanosaurs to walk the Earth. For those uncertain about the terminology, the titanosaurs were descended from the sauropod dinosaurs of the Jurassic, but evolved from a set group of ancestors to form their own distinct family line.
Further Reading
- The earliest known titanosaur sauropod dinosaur. - Ameghiniana, 58(1), 35–51. - Pablo Ariel Gallina, Juan Ignacio Canale & Jos� Luis Carballido - 2021.
