Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis Phosphatotitan

"phosphate giant"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Phosphatotitan 40 m (131 ft) long
23 people holding hands
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.