Garumbatitan
Field photograph to come
Garumbatitan
DV-1239 · type species Garumbatitan morellensis
- Lived
- 126 to 121 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Spain
- Named by
- Mocho et al. 2024
Field notes
About Garumbatitan
Garumbatitan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 121 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Garumbatitan, from Spain. Its fossils come from the Arcillas de Morella Formation. It was named by Mocho et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. Mocho, F. Escaso, and J. M. Gasulla, A. Galobart, B. Poza, A. Santos-Cubedo, J. L. Sanz, F. Ortega. 2024. New sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Spain) provides new insights on the evolutionary history of Iberian somphospondylan titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(1):214-268