Oceanotitan Oceanotitan

"ocean giant"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Oceanotitan 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Jurassic (149 Mya)
Place
Portugal
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

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.