Gondwanatitan

Gondwanatitan's middle tail bones are shaped like hearts, which helps scientists tell it apart from its close relative Aeolosaurus.1

Its limb bones were slender and graceful, not as heavy as those of many other sauropods.1

The shallow depressions on its vertebrae are similar to those seen in Saltasaurus, Alamosaurus, and Malawisaurus.1

The neural spines on its middle tail vertebrae point forward, a feature also seen in Cedarosaurus and Venenosaurus.1

In 2001, some scientists thought Gondwanatitan was the same as Aeolosaurus, but most now treat it as a separate genus.1

The type specimen was found on a farm in 1983, but it took until 1997 before scientists started preparing the bones.1