Dzharatitanis

Name: Dzharatitanis ‭(‬Dzharakuduk titan‭)‬.
Phonetic: ‭(‬Dzharakuduk titan‭)‬.
Named By: Alexander Averianov‭ & ‬Hans-Dieter Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Rebbachisauridae.
Species: D.‭ ‬kingi‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Uzbekistan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bissekty Formation.
Time period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Holotype is a caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae.

       Dzharatitanis is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Although initially described from a single tail vertebra,‭ ‬this fossil has revealed that Dzharatitanis was a rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur, making it the first rebbachisaurid genus to be discovered in Asia.

Further reading
-‭ ‬First rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from Asia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬PLoS ONE.‭ ‬16‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬e0246620.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alexander Averianov‭ & ‬Hans-Dieter Sues‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021

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