Nullotitan

Nul-lo-ty-tan.
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Harper Gray

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Harper Grey combines artistic talent with scientific precision to bring extinct creatures and environments back to life. Collaborating closely with paleontologists

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Name

Nullotitan ‭ (‬Nullos‭’ ‬titan‭)‬.

Phonetic

Nul-lo-ty-tan.

Named By

X Fernando E Novas,‭ ‬Federico Agnolin,‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rozadilla,‭ ‬Alexis Mauro Aranciaga Rolando,‭ ‬Federico Briss�n Egli,‭ ‬Matias Motta,‭ ‬Mauricio Cerroni,‭ ‬Martin Ezcurra,‭ ‬Agustin G.‭ ‬Martinelli,‭ ‬Julia D'Angelo,‭ ‬Gerardo Alvarez Herrera,‭ ‬Adriel Gentil,‭ ‬Sergio Bogan,‭ ‬Nicolas Chimento,‭ ‬Jordi Garcia Mars�,‭ ‬Gast�n Lo Coco,‭ ‬Sergio Miquel,‭ ‬F�tima Fernanda Brito,‭ ‬Ezequiel Ignacio Vera,‭ ‬Valeria Perez Loinaze,‭ ‬Mariela Soledad Fern�ndez‭ & ‬Leonardo Salgado‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria,‭ ‬Lithostrotia,‭ ‬Colossosauria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬glaciaris‭

Size

Uncertain but roughly estimated at around‭ ‬20‭ ‬meters long for the holotype.‭ ‬Humerus‭ ‬114‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Chorrillo Formation.

Time Period

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Chorrillo Formation.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial skeleton including fore and hind limb bones,‭ ‬caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae and‭ ‬cervical‭ (‬neck‭ )‬vertebrae.

In Depth

       Nullotitan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬With an estimated length of around twenty meters long for the holotype individual,‭ ‬Nullotitan was a big dinosaur,‭ ‬but a medium average amongst other titanosaurs.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation‭ (‬upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian,‭ ‬Upper Cretaceous‭)‬,‭ ‬Santa Cruz Province,‭ ‬Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales.‭ ‬21‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬217‭–‬293.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Fernando E Novas,‭ ‬Federico Agnolin,‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rozadilla,‭ ‬Alexis Mauro Aranciaga Rolando,‭ ‬Federico Briss�n Egli,‭ ‬Matias Motta,‭ ‬Mauricio Cerroni,‭ ‬Martin Ezcurra,‭ ‬Agustin G.‭ ‬Martinelli,‭ ‬Julia D’Angelo,‭ ‬Gerardo Alvarez Herrera,‭ ‬Adriel Gentil,‭ ‬Sergio Bogan,‭ ‬Nicolas Chimento,‭ ‬Jordi Garcia Mars�,‭ ‬Gast�n Lo Coco,‭ ‬Sergio Miquel,‭ ‬F�tima Fernanda Brito,‭ ‬Ezequiel Ignacio Vera,‭ ‬Valeria Perez Loinaze,‭ ‬Mariela Soledad Fern�ndez‭ & ‬Leonardo Salgado‭ ‬-‭ ‬2019.

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