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Argentinosauridae

Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis

"phosphate giant"

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Phosphatotitan 40 m (131 ft) long
as long as 23 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Phosphatotitan
Length
40 m (131 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Morocco
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Argentinosauridae

Phosphatotitan (“phosphate giant”) is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, known from a partial skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Longrich et al., 2026.
  • Body length estimated at about 40 m.
  • Fossils found in Morocco.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Phosphatotitan — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.