Oceanotitan
"ocean giant"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Oceanotitan 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (149 Mya)
- Place
- Portugal
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Oceanotitan (meaning “ocean giant”) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from the Upper Jurassic (latest Kimmeridgian stage, about 149 million years ago) Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. It is represented by a single specimen consisting of several tail vertebrae and appendicular bones. It contains one species, Oceanotitan dantasi. Oceanotitan is classified as possibly one of the earliest members of the Somphospondyli, a group of sauropods that includes the titanosaurs.
What we know
- Named by Mocho, Moyo-Torres & Ortega, 2019.
- Fossils found in Portugal.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Oceanotitan — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.