Traukutitan
trow-koo-TIE-tan /ˌtrawkuːˈtaɪtæn/
Accepted genus
lake titan
- trauku · Mapudungun · lake
- titan · Greek · titan (giant)
The name combines the Mapudungun (Mapuche) word "trauku", meaning lake, with the Greek "titan", a giant. It refers to the fossil site beside Lake Barreales in Neuquén Province, Argentina. The type species is Traukutitan eocaudata.
- Named by
- Juárez Valieri and Calvo
- Year named
- 2011
- Period
- Late Cretaceous
- Found in
- Neuquén Province, Patagonia, Argentina
A titanosaurian sauropod. The species name eocaudata ("dawn tail") refers to its primitive tail vertebrae. I am not certain of the exact geologic stage or formation, so I left them blank.