Genus of titanosaurian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period
Ninjatitan
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 140–134 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:
†Sauropoda
Clade:
†Macronaria
Clade:
†Titanosauria
Genus:
†Ninjatitan Gallina, Canale, & Carballido, 2021
Species:
†N. zapatai
Binomial name
†Ninjatitan zapatai
Gallina, Canale, & Carballido, 2021
Ninjatitan (meaning "Ninja giant") is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian)-aged Bajada Colorada Formation of Argentina. It is the oldest titanosaur known to date and the type species N. zapatai was named and described in 2021.[1] Its generic name comes from a nickname of Argentine palaeontologist Sebastian Apesteguia, and the specific name comes from technician Rogelio Zapata.[2] It is known from postcranial remains discovered in 2014.[3][4]
^Gallina, P. A.; Canale, J. I.; Carballido, J. L. (2021). "The Earliest Known Titanosaur Sauropod Dinosaur". Ameghiniana. 58 (1): 35–51. doi:10.5710/AMGH.20.08.2020.3376.
^"Colossal titanosaur found in Argentina could be the oldest example ever found, say scientists". South China Morning Post. Agence France-Presse. March 1, 2021.
^"Científicos argentinos hallaron el titanosaurio más antiguo a nivel mundial". www.ambito.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
^Monday, 01 Mar 2021 07:32 AM MYT (March 2021). "Study: Argentine titanosaur may be oldest yet | Malay Mail". www.malaymail.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Ninjatitan (meaning "Ninja giant") is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian-Valanginian)-aged Bajada Colorada Formation...
environment with other dinosaurs including the sauropods Leinkupal and Ninjatitan and different theropods. The only specimen of the dinosaur genus Bajadasaurus...
Pablo Gallina and colleagues recovered a similar arrangement, except with Ninjatitan possibly being closer to Patagotitan and Argentinosaurus than Puertasaurus...
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