Patagotitan Carballido et al. 2017 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. L. Carballido, D. Pol, A. Otero, I. A. Cerda, L. Salgado, A. C. Garrido, J. Ramezani, N. R. Cúneo, and J. M. Krause. 2017. A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 284:20171219:1-10

Parent taxon: Eutitanosauria according to B. A. Navarro et al. 2022

See also Carballido et al. 2017 and González Riga et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Abditosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Bonitasaura, Dreadnoughtus, Inawentu, Menucocelsior

Subtaxa: Patagotitan mayorum

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Flecha ranch (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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