#sauropod — Public Fediverse posts

New #Cretaceous-Era #Titanosaur Species Discovered in Argentina https://www.sci.news/paleontology/inawentu-oslatus-12664.html

A rebbachisaurid-mimicking titanosaur and evidence of a Late Cretaceous faunal disturbance event in South-West #Gondwana https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123002823

"A genus and species of rebbachisaurid-mimicking titanosaurian #sauropod that stretched over 15 m has been unearthed in #Patagonia, #Argentina."

Meet #Bustingorrytitan shiva, New Gigantic #Titanosaur from #Argentina https://www.sci.news/paleontology/bustingorrytitan-shiva-12641.html

A new gigantic #titanosaurian #sauropod from the early Late #Cretaceous of #Patagonia https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app010862023.html

"Bustingorrytitan shiva has an estimated body mass of 67.3 metric tons, which makes it one of the largest #sauropod #dinosaurs ever recorded. Gigantic #titanosaurs were an important component of the Cretaceous dinosaur faunas of Patagonia, at least for almost 50 million years"

#Paleontologists Uncover #NewSpecies of #Titanosaur in #Egypt https://www.sci.news/paleontology/igai-semkhu-12251.html

A new #titanosaurian (#Dinosauria: #Sauropoda) from the Upper #Cretaceous (Campanian) #Quseir Formation of the #Kharga Oasis, Egypt https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2199810

"Interestingly, all known #titanosaurians from #Campanian-#Maastrichtian deposits in northern #Africa and the then-conjoined #ArabianPeninsula were small to medium-sized for #sauropod #dinosaurs... The same is true for southern #Europe"