Shingopana

wide neck

• shingo · Swahili · neck
• pana · Swahili · wide, broad

Shingopana is built from two Swahili words, "shingo" (neck) and "pana" (wide or broad). The name refers to a distinctive feature of the neck vertebrae of this titanosaurian sauropod. The type species is Shingopana songwensis, named after the Songwe region of Tanzania.

Named by

Gorscak et al.

Year named

2014

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Namba Member, Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, Songwe region, Tanzania

A titanosaurian sauropod known from partial remains. The exact age within the Late Cretaceous is uncertain, so no stage is given. The exact anatomical feature behind the name is not stated here because I am not certain of it.