Narambuenatitan

Nah-ram-bwen-ah-ty-tan.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Narambuenatitan ‭(‬Narambuena titan‭).

Phonetic

Nah-ram-bwen-ah-ty-tan.

Named By

Leonardo S.‭ ‬Filippi,‭ ‬Rodolfo A.‭ ‬Garc�a‭ & ‬Alberto C.‭ ‬Garrido‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.

Classification

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

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

N.‭ ‬palomoi‭

Size

Roughly estimated about‭ ‬12‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Anacleto Formation.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Narambuenatitan was a fairly small genus titanosaur that lived in South America during‭ ‬the Late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Narambuenatitan has also been noted as being similar to the genus Epachthosaurus,‭ ‬and the two are included within the Lithostrotia titanosaurs.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬56‭ (‬3‭)‬:‭ ‬505‭–‬520.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Leonardo S.‭ ‬Filippi,‭ ‬Rodolfo A.‭ ‬Garc�a‭ & ‬Alberto C.‭ ‬Garrido‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.

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