Genus
Valid Extinct

Garrigatitan

Díez Díaz et al. 2021

Garrigatitan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of the Grès à Reptiles Formation in France. The genus contains a single species, Garrigatitan meridionalis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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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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Lirainosaurinae Unranked clade
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Garrigatitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇫🇷 France
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Garrigatitan meridionalis 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
V. Díez Díaz, G. Garcia, and X. Pereda Suberbiola, B. Jentgen-Ceschino, K. Stein, P. Godefroit, X. Valentin. 2021. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France). Historical Biology 33(11):2998-3017 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
V. Díez Díaz, G. Garcia, and X. Pereda Suberbiola, B. Jentgen-Ceschino, K. Stein, P. Godefroit, X. Valentin. 2021. A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France). Historical Biology 33(11):2998-3017 DOI ↗