Rukwatitan Gorscak et al. 2014 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: E. Gorscak, P. M. O'Connor, N. J. Stevens and E. M. Roberts. 2014. The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1133-1154

Parent taxon: Rinconsauria according to V. Díez Díaz et al. 2025

See also Gorscak et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Adamantisaurus, Arrudatitan, Brasilotitan, Bravasaurus, Maxakalisaurus, Muyelensaurus, Overosaurus, Pitekunsaurus, Punatitan, Rinconsaurus, Uberabatitan

Subtaxa: Rukwatitan bisepultus

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Type: Rukwatitan bisepultus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Namba 2 (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

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