Angolatitan

Angola giant

• Angola · Modern place name · the country Angola, where the fossils were found
• titan · Greek · a Titan, a giant of Greek mythology

The name combines Angola, the country where the fossils were found, with the Greek "titan", a giant of Greek myth. It refers to this large sauropod as the "Angolan giant". It was the first dinosaur named from Angola. The species name, adamastor, comes from a giant in Portuguese literature.

Named by

Mateus et al.

Year named

2011

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Turonian

Found in

Itombe Formation, near Cambambe, Bengo Province, Angola

A titanosauriform sauropod. The only known species is Angolatitan adamastor.