Punatitan

Pu-nah-ty-tan.
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Name

Punatitan ‭(‬thin atmosphere giant‭)‬.

Phonetic

Pu-nah-ty-tan.

Named By

E.‭ ‬Mart�n Hechenleitner,‭ ‬L�a Leuzinger,‭ ‬Agust�n G.‭ ‬Martinelli,‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rocher,‭ ‬Lucas E.‭ ‬Fiorelli,‭ ‬Jerem�as R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Taborda‭ & ‬Leonardo Salgado‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

Classification

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

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬coughlini‭

Size

Uncertain due to incomplete fossil preservation,‭ ‬but holotype roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬14‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina,‭ ‬La Rioja‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ci�naga del R�o Huaco Formation.

Time Period

Late Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial remains including various vertebrae,‭ ‬sacrum,‭ ‬pubis,ischium and ribs.

In Depth

       Punatitan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬The‭ ‬genus name of this dinosaur is a reference to the thin air high up in the Andes mountain range where the holotype fossils of Punatitan were first discovered.

       Punatitan was named alongside the genus Bravasarus in the same paper in‭ ‬2020. Further reading

-‭ ‬Two Late Cretaceous sauropods reveal titanosaurian dispersal across South America.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Communications Biology.‭ ‬3‭ (‬1‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Mart�n Hechenleitner,‭ ‬L�a Leuzinger,‭ ‬Agust�n G.‭ ‬Martinelli,‭ ‬Sebasti�n Rocher,‭ ‬Lucas E.‭ ‬Fiorelli,‭ ‬Jerem�as R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Taborda‭ & ‬Leonardo Salgado‭ ‬-‭ ‬2020.

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