Genus
Valid Extinct

Paludititan

Csiki et al. 2010

Paludititan is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur which lived in the area of present Romania during the Late Cretaceous. It existed in the island ecosystem known as Hațeg Island.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Paludititan
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Paludititan nalatzensis (UBB NVM1-43), Maastrichtian, Haţeg Basin, Romania. Scale bar equals 10 cm. © Zoltan Csiki-Sava, Eric Buffetaut, Attila Ősi, Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola, Stephen L. Brusatte · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
Paludititan
Paludititan
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Eutitanosauria Unranked clade
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Paludititan Genus
Measurements
Length
8,6 m ⓘ
Paludititan nalatzensis  
Mass
1 300 kg ⓘ
Paludititan nalatzensis  
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇴 Romania
2
Geological formations
Râul Mare
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Paludititan nalatzensis 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
Z. Csiki, V. Codrea, and C. Jipa-Murzea, P. Godefroit. 2010. A partial titanosaur (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) skeleton from the Maastrichtian of Nalat-Vad, Hateg Basin, Romania. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 258(3):297-324 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
Z. Csiki-Sava, M. Vremir, and S. Vasile, S. L. Brusatte, G. Dyke, D. Naish, M. A. Norell, R. Totoianu. 2016. The East Side Story – The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events. Cretaceous Research 57:662-698 DOI ↗
Z. Csiki, V. Codrea, and C. Jipa-Murzea, P. Godefroit. 2010. A partial titanosaur (Sauropoda, Dinosauria) skeleton from the Maastrichtian of Nalat-Vad, Hateg Basin, Romania. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 258(3):297-324 DOI ↗