Titanomachya

tie-TAN-oh-MAK-ee-uh /taɪˌtænəˈmækiə/

Accepted genus

battle of the Titans

  • Titan · Greek · Titan, a giant of Greek mythology
  • machya (from machē) · Greek · battle

The name refers to the Titanomachy, the great war between the Titans and the Olympian gods in Greek mythology. It is a fitting name for a giant titanosaurian sauropod. Details of the original naming rationale are not fully confirmed here.

Period
Late Cretaceous

Titanomachya gimenezi is a titanosaurian sauropod. I am not confident about the author, year, locality, or exact stage, so those fields are left blank. Please verify against the original description.