Gondwanatitan

Gondwana titan

• Gondwana · Sanskrit-derived (geological term) · the southern supercontinent Gondwana (named for the Gondwana region of India)
• titan · Greek · giant, from the Titans of Greek mythology

The name combines Gondwana, the ancient southern supercontinent on which the animal lived, with the Greek "titan", a giant from Greek mythology. It refers to this sauropod as a giant of Gondwana. The type species is Gondwanatitan faustoi, named for Fausto Fernandes, who found the fossils.

Named by

Kellner and Azevedo

Year named

1999

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Campanian – Maastrichtian

Found in

Adamantina Formation, São Paulo State, Brazil

A titanosaurian sauropod from Brazil. The exact stage of the Adamantina Formation is debated, so the stage range here is approximate.