Genus
Valid Extinct

Europatitan

Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2017

Europatitan is an extinct genus of somphospondylan sauropod from the Early Cretaceous Castrillo de la Reina Formation of Iberia, known from a relatively complete specimen discovered in the early 2000s. It contains a single species: the type species, Europatitan eastwoodi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Europatitan
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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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Europatitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Castrillo de la Reina
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Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Europatitan eastwoodi 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor, J. I. Canudo, and P. Huerta, M. Moreno-Azanza​, D. Montero​. 2017. Europatitan eastwoodi, a new sauropod from the lower Cretaceous of Iberia in the initial radiation of somphospondylans in Laurasia. PeerJ 5:e3409:1-50 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor, J. I. Canudo, and P. Huerta, M. Moreno-Azanza​, D. Montero​. 2017. Europatitan eastwoodi, a new sauropod from the lower Cretaceous of Iberia in the initial radiation of somphospondylans in Laurasia. PeerJ 5:e3409:1-50 DOI ↗