Garrigatitan

Garrigatitan
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 74–70 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Subfamily: Lirainosaurinae
Genus: Garrigatitan
Díaz et al., 2021
Species:
G. meridionalis
Binomial name
Garrigatitan meridionalis
Díaz et al., 2021

Garrigatitan (meaning "garrigue giant") is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of the Grès à Reptiles Formation in France. The genus contains a single species, Garrigatitan meridionalis.[1]

  1. ^ Díez Díaz, Verónica; Garcia, Géraldine; Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier; Jentgen-Ceschino, Benjamin; Stein, Koen; Godefroit, Pascal; Valentin, Xavier (2021). "A new titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Velaux-La-Bastide Neuve (southern France)". Historical Biology. 33 (11): 2998–3017. Bibcode:2021HBio...33.2998D. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1841184. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 234404741.