Bonatitan
Bonatitan was a long-necked plant eater that lived in what is now Argentina. It was a kind of titanosaur, one of the last groups of giant sauropods. Imagine a dinosaur about as long as a school bus, munching on leaves with its small head.1
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Bonatitan is named after the famous Argentine paleontologist José Bonaparte, plus the word 'titan' for its large size.1
The first fossils of Bonatitan included a braincase and tail bones, but scientists later decided the main specimen is just the braincase.1
Bonatitan lived near the very end of the age of dinosaurs, around 72 to 66 million years ago.2
It belongs to a group called Saltasaurinae, which includes some of the smallest titanosaurs.1
The species name 'reigi' honors another Argentine scientist, Osvaldo Reig.1
Most asked questions about Bonatitan
?How big was Bonatitan?
Bonatitan was a medium-sized titanosaur, roughly as long as a school bus, but its exact size is not fully known because only a few bones have been found.1
?What did Bonatitan eat?
Bonatitan was a plant eater, using its long neck to reach leaves from trees and ferns.1
?When did Bonatitan live?
Bonatitan lived near the very end of the age of dinosaurs, about 75 to 70 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.1
?Why is it called Bonatitan?
Bonatitan is named after the famous Argentine paleontologist José Fernando Bonaparte, plus the word 'titan' for its large size.1
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- Scientific name
- Bonatitan
- Named by
- Martinelli and Forasiepi 20045
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Saltasauridae5
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria5
- Age of the rocks
- 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)5
- Rock formations
- Allen5
- Countries
- Argentina5
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database5
- Discovery
- Bonatitan was named in 2004 by paleontologists Martinelli and Forasiepi, based on fossils from Rio Negro province, Argentina.1
Where the facts come from
- Bonatitan (en.wikipedia.org)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Bonatitan reigi | Dinosaur Database by DinoAnimals.com (dinoanimals.com)
- Bonatitan reigi (es.wikipedia.org)
- Bonatitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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