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ELALTITAN
(e-lal-tie-tan)
meaning: "Elal titan - After the god of the Tehuelche people"
Elaltitan
Named By: Philip D. Mannion & Alejandro Otero in 2012
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 96.5-89.3 Ma
Location: Argentina, Chubut Province - Bajo Barreal Formation
Size: Uncertain but possibly as much as 18 meters long (refer to main text)
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial post cranial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Titanosauria | Lithostrotia |
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Elaltitan is an extinct genus of large lithostrotian titanosaur sauropod known from the Late Cretaceous (mid Cenomanian to Turonian stage) of Chubut Province, southern Argentina. It contains a single species, Elaltitan lilloi.

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