Angolatitan Angolatitan

"Angolan giant"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Angolatitan 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Unknown locality
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Angolatitan (meaning “Angolan giant”) is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. It is also the first non-avian dinosaur discovered in Angola. The genus contains a single species, Angolatitan adamastor, known from a partial right forelimb. Angolatitan was a relict form of its time; it was a Late Cretaceous basal titanosauriform, when more derived titanosaurs were far more common.

What we know

  • Named by Mateus et al., 2011.