Named By: | Octavio Mateus, Louis L. Jacobs, Anne S. Schulp, Michael J. Polcyn, Tatiana S. Taveres, Andre Buta Neto, Maria Luisa Morais & Miguel T. Antunes in 2011 |
Time Period: | Late Turonian, 90 Ma |
Location: | Angola - Itombe Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due to lack of remains |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial right fore limb including scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, and three metacarpals (MGUAN-PA-003) |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Titanosauriformes | Somphospondyli | |
Angolatitan ("Angolan giant") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous and the first dinosaur discovered in Angola. Based on a forelimb, it was described in 2011 by Octavio Mateus and colleagues. The only species is Angolatitan adamastor. Angolatitan was a relict form of its time, being a basal titanosauriform sauropod in a world dominated by the more derived titanosaurs.