Atacamatitan chilensis Atacamatitan

"Atacama Desert titan"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Atacamatitan 1.1 m (3.6 ft) long
2 people holding hands
Length
1.1 m (3.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100.5–68 Mya)
Place
Chile
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Atacamatitan (meaning “Atacama Desert titan”) is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Tolar Formation of Chile.

What we know

  • Named by Kellner et al., 2011.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.1 m.
  • Fossils found in Chile.