Elaltitan

Elal titan

• Elal · Tehuelche · a giant mythological hero/creator figure in Tehuelche (Patagonian) tradition
• titan · Greek · giant

Elaltitan combines Elal, a figure from the mythology of the Tehuelche people of Patagonia, with the Greek "titan", meaning giant. The name fits a very large titanosaurian sauropod from Patagonia. The type species is Elaltitan lilloi.

Named by

Mannion and Otero

Year named

2012

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Cenomanian – Turonian

Found in

Bajo Barreal Formation, Chubut Province, Argentina

A titanosaurian sauropod. The origin of the name and the exact locality and stage details are given from memory, so check them against the original description (Mannion & Otero 2012).