Atacamatitan
Field photograph to come
Atacamatitan
DV-0773 · type species Atacamatitan chilensis
- Lived
- 101 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Chile
- Named by
- Kellner et al. 2011
Field notes
About Atacamatitan
Atacamatitan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 66 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Atacamatitan, from Chile. Its fossils come from the Tolar Formation. It was named by Kellner et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Lithostrotia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. W. A. Kellner, D. Rubilar-Rogers, and A. O. Vargas, M. Suarez. 2011. A new titanosaur sauropod from the Atacama Desert, Chile. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83(1):211-219