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ANGOLATITAN
(an-goe-lah-tie-tan)
meaning: "Angola titan"
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 |
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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.

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