Volgatitan

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Volgatitan Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Hauterivian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skeletal diagram, known material in white
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Sauropoda
Clade:	†Macronaria
Clade:	†Titanosauria
Clade:	†Lithostrotia
Genus:	†Volgatitan Averianov & Efimov, 2018
Species:	†V. simbirskiensis
Binomial name
†Volgatitan simbirskiensis Averianov & Efimov, 2018

Volgatitan (meaning "Volga giant") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. The type and only species is Volgatitan simbirskiensis, known from seven caudal vertebrae from a single individual. It is the oldest known titanosaur from the northern hemisphere, and is considered important for being related to the Lognkosauria, a group known only from South America later in the Late Cretaceous.^[1] It was first described in November 2018 by Russian palaeontologists Alexander Averianov and Vladimir Efimov.^[1][2] It is estimated to have weighed about 17.3 metric tons (19.1 short tons).^[1]