Phosphatotitan
Field photograph to come
Phosphatotitan
DV-1312 · type species Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Argentinosauridae
- Found in
- Morocco
- Named by
- Longrich et al. 2026
Field notes
About Phosphatotitan
Phosphatotitan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Argentinosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Phosphatotitan, from Morocco. Its fossils come from the Couche III Formation. It was named by Longrich et al. in 2026.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: N. R. Longrich, A. Pérez-Moreno, and V. Díez Díaz, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet, N. Jalil. 2026. A Titanosaurian Sauropod with South American Affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and Evidence for Dinosaur Endemism in Africa. Diversity 18(5):241