Patagotitan mayorum

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fossil taxon sauropod titanosaur titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur

Patagotitan mayorum is a gigantic titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from Late Cretaceous Patagonia, considered among the largest land animals known from the fossil record.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Patagotitan 4
Patagotitan mayorum fossil specimens from Patagonia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil taxon ⓘ
sauropod ⓘ
titanosaur ⓘ
titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur ⓘ
bodyPlan long-necked ⓘ
long-tailed ⓘ
clade Sauropoda ⓘ
surface form: Neosauropoda

Sauropoda ⓘ
Somphospondyli ⓘ
Sauropoda ⓘ
surface form: Titanosauriformes
class Reptilia ⓘ
comparedWith Argentinosaurus huinculensis ⓘ
Dreadnoughtus schrani ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
describedBy Diego Pol ⓘ
José Luis Carballido ⓘ
diet herbivorous ⓘ
discoveredBy Diego Pol ⓘ
José Luis Carballido ⓘ
estimatedLength approximately 37 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass approximately 60–70 metric tons ⓘ
family Titanosauria ⓘ
formation Cerro Barcino Formation ⓘ
fossilsStoredAt Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio ⓘ
fossilType limb bones ⓘ
postcranial skeleton ⓘ
vertebrae ⓘ
foundIn Patagonia ⓘ
genus Patagotitan mayorum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Patagotitan
geologicalAge Cenomanian–Turonian ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
holotype MPEF-PV 3400 ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
knownFrom multiple partial skeletons ⓘ
livedInEnvironment floodplain ecosystem ⓘ
locomotion quadrupedal ⓘ
namedAfter the Mayo family ⓘ
nameMeaning giant from Patagonia of the Mayos ⓘ
notableFor being among the largest known land animals ⓘ
gigantic body size ⓘ
order Saurischia ⓘ
parentTaxon Patagotitan mayorum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Patagotitan
phylum Chordata ⓘ
suborder Saurischia ⓘ
surface form: Sauropodomorpha
superorder Dinosauria ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
temporalRangeEnd Cenomanian–Turonian boundary ⓘ
yearDescribed 2017 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Máximo the Titanosaur → basedOn → Patagotitan mayorum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagotitan mayorum fossil specimens from Patagonia
Máximo the Titanosaur → genus → Patagotitan mayorum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagotitan
Patagotitan mayorum → genus → Patagotitan mayorum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagotitan
Titanosauria → notableMemberTaxon → Patagotitan mayorum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagotitan
Patagotitan mayorum → parentTaxon → Patagotitan mayorum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patagotitan
Máximo the Titanosaur → scientificNameOfSpecies → Patagotitan mayorum ⓘ
Máximo the Titanosaur → taxon → Patagotitan mayorum ⓘ