Genus
Valid Extinct

Tambatitanis

Saegusa and Ikeda 2014

Tambatitanis is an extinct genus of titanosauriform, possibly titanosaurian, sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous-aged Ohyamashimo Formation of the Sasayama Group. It is known from a single species, Tambatitanis amicitiae, known from a partial skeleton.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tambatitanis
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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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Euhelopodidae Unranked clade
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Tambatitanis Genus
Measurements
Length
17,8 m ⓘ
Tambatitanis amicitiae
Mass
8 100 kg ⓘ
Tambatitanis amicitiae
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
1
Geological formations
Ohyamashimo
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tambatitanis amicitiae 113 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
H. Saegusa and T. Ikeda. 2014. A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848(1):1-66 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
H. Saegusa and T. Ikeda. 2014. A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848(1):1-66 DOI ↗