Bonatitan

Bonaparte's titan

• Bona · Surname (shortened) · from José F. Bonaparte, the Argentine paleontologist
• titan · Greek · a giant of Greek mythology

Bonatitan combines the first part of the surname of the Argentine paleontologist José F. Bonaparte with the Greek "titan", a giant of mythology. It honours Bonaparte's major contributions to the study of South American dinosaurs, and "titan" is a common ending for titanosaur sauropods. The only species is Bonatitan reigi.

Named by

Martinelli and Forasiepi

Year named

2004

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

Allen Formation, Río Negro Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A small titanosaurian sauropod. The exact age within the Campanian–Maastrichtian range of the Allen Formation is uncertain. The species name reigi honours Osvaldo Reig.