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.
Species: A. hilensis (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
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.
Further reading
- A new titanosaur sauropod from the Atacama Desert, Chile -
Alexander W.A. Kellner, David Rubilar-Rogers, Alexander Vargas
& Mario Su�rez - 2011.