Biology:Rukwatitan
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Short description: Extinct genus of dinosaurs
| Rukwatitan | |
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| Holotype humerus in anterior view with scale bar | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
| Genus: | †Rukwatitan Gorscak et al., 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Rukwatitan bisepultus Gorscak et al., 2014
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Rukwatitan is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Galula Formation in Tanzania. It lived around 100 million years ago, during the middle Cretaceous.[1][2] The species, which shared features with another southern African species, Malawisaurus dixeyi, measured 30 feet (9.1 m) from the head to the tip of the tail,[3] and had forelimbs that were estimated around 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long. Its fossils were found embedded in a cliff face near Lake Rukwa in the Rukwa Valley, from which it gets its name.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Gorscak, Eric; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Stevens, Nancy J.; Roberts, Eric M. (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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.845568.
- ↑ Eric Gorscak. "Ohio University paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania". Ohio University. http://www.ohio.edu/research/communications/rukwatitan.cfm.
- ↑ Ryan Grenoble (10 September 2014). "New Species Of Massive Dinosaur Discovered In Africa". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/09/titanosaur-africa-new-dinosaur-species_n_5786216.html.
- ↑ Agata Blaszczak-Boxe/ (8 September 2014). "New dinosaur species a rare find in Africa". http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-tanzania/.
- ↑ Jennifer Viegas (8 September 2014). "Another Massive New Dinosaur Found, This Time in Africa". http://news.discovery.com/animals/dinosaurs/another-massiv-new-dinosaur-found-this-time-in-africa-140908.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q18010327 entry
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