Genus
Valid Extinct

Garumbatitan

Mocho et al. 2024

Garumbatitan is an extinct genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain. The genus contains a single species, G. morellensis, known from multiple partial skeletons.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Garumbatitan
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Garumbatitan is a sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Spain. It is classified as a basal somphospondylan - a Titanosauriform, but not a true Titanosaur. © TotalDino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Garumbatitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
1
Geological formations
Arcillas de Morella
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Garumbatitan morellensis 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. Mocho, F. Escaso, and J. M. Gasulla, A. Galobart, B. Poza, A. Santos-Cubedo, J. L. Sanz, F. Ortega. 2024. New sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Spain) provides new insights on the evolutionary history of Iberian somphospondylan titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(1):214-268 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. Mocho, F. Escaso, and J. M. Gasulla, A. Galobart, B. Poza, A. Santos-Cubedo, J. L. Sanz, F. Ortega. 2024. New sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Spain) provides new insights on the evolutionary history of Iberian somphospondylan titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(1):214-268 DOI ↗