Bustingorrytitan

Bustingorry's giant

• Bustingorry · Spanish (place or family name) · name of the ranch or family tied to the discovery locality
• titan · Greek · giant

The name combines "Bustingorry" with the Greek "titan", a giant. "Bustingorry" is, as far as I recall, the name of the estancia (ranch) or landowning family linked to the discovery site in Argentine Patagonia. "Titan" refers to the huge size of this long-necked titanosaurian sauropod. The species name, shiva, refers to the Hindu god.

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Patagonia, Argentina

A titanosaurian sauropod. The type species is Bustingorrytitan shiva. I am not certain of the exact formation, stages, author or year, so I have left those out. The origin of "Bustingorry" is recalled from memory and should be checked against the original description.