Oceanotitan

ocean titan

• oceano · Latin · ocean (from Greek Okeanos)
• titan · Greek · titan, a giant of Greek mythology

The name combines the Latin/Greek-derived word for "ocean" with the Greek "Titan", a giant of Greek myth. It refers to the Atlantic Ocean, beside which the fossils were found on the Portuguese coast, and to the animal's large size as a sauropod. The only named species, O. dantasi, honours the Portuguese palaeontologist Pedro Dantas.

Named by

Mocho, Royo-Torres and Ortega

Year named

2019

Period

Late Jurassic

Stage

Kimmeridgian

Found in

Lourinhã Formation, Portugal

A sauropod, considered an early titanosauriform (possibly a somphospondylan). Known from partial remains, including parts of the skeleton of a single individual.