Rukwatitan

Rukwa titan

• Rukwa · Place name (Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania) · the Rukwa Rift Basin, where the fossils were found
• titan · Greek · a giant, from the Titans of Greek myth

Rukwatitan combines Rukwa, the Rukwa Rift Basin in southwestern Tanzania where the fossils were found, with the Greek "titan", a giant from Greek myth. The name means "Rukwa titan". It refers to the place of discovery and to the animal's large size as a titanosaurian sauropod.

Named by

Gorscak et al.

Year named

2014

Period

Cretaceous

Found in

Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania

A titanosaurian sauropod. The type species is Rukwatitan bisepultus. The exact age of the Galula Formation is uncertain, so the epoch and stages are left unspecified.