Paralititan stromeri Smith et al. 2001 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. B. Smith, M. C. Lamanna, K. J. Lacovara, P. Dodson, J. R. Smith, J. C. Poole, R. Giegengack and Y. Attia. 2001. A giant sauropod dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous mangrove deposit in Egypt. Science 292:1704-1706

Belongs to Paralititan according to M. Soto et al. 2012

See also Carpenter 2006, Cavin et al. 2010, Curry Rogers 2005, D'Emic et al. 2011, Evers et al. 2015, Gorscak et al. 2017, Ibrahim et al. 2020, Le Loeuff et al. 2012, Páramo et al. 2020, Royo-Torres et al. 2006, Salisbury et al. 2016, Smith et al. 2001, Taquet 2010, Ullmann and Lacovara 2016, Upchurch et al. 2004, Wilson 2002 and Woodruff and Foster 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CGM 81119. Its type locality is BDP 2000-18, which is in a Cenomanian paralic shale in the Baharîje Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at BDP 2000-18

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