Genus

Valid Extinct

Wintonotitan

Hocknull et al. 2009

Wintonotitan is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Cenomanian-aged Winton Formation of Australia. It is known from partial postcranial remains.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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* Wintonotitan wattsi gen. et sp. nov. (QMF 7292) (Silhouette with sketched in bone parts of the material currently known at publishing date; scale bar: size unknown — not mentioned in original source) © Artwork: T. Tischler, Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History (edited by Jaybear) · CC BY 2.5 · 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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Diamantinasauria Unranked clade

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Wintonotitan Genus

Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇺 Australia

Geological formations

Winton

Temporal distribution

Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)

Species (1)

Wintonotitan wattsi 101 Ma

Images 1

Bibliography

Original description

S. A. Hocknull, M. A. White, and T. R. Tischler, A. G. Cook, N. D. Calleja, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliot. 2009. New mid-Cretaceous (latest Albian) dinosaurs from Winton, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 4(7):e6190: 1-51 DOI ↗

Bibliography (2)

S. L. Beeston, S. F. Poropat, and P. D. Mannion, A. H. Pentland, M. J. Enchelmaier, T. Sloan, D. A. Elliott. 2024. Reappraisal of sauropod dinosaur diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, through 3D digitisation and description of new specimens. PeerJ 12:e17180 DOI ↗

Wintonotitan

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