Wintonotitan

Winton titan

• Winton · Place name (English) · the town and formation of Winton, Queensland, Australia
• o · Connecting vowel · joining vowel
• titan · Greek · giant, a Titan of Greek myth

The name combines Winton, the outback Queensland town near where the fossils were found (and the Winton Formation rock unit that contains them), with the Greek "titan", a giant of Greek myth. It was chosen to mean the giant from Winton, a large long-necked sauropod from Australia. The type species is Wintonotitan wattsi.

Named by

Hocknull et al.

Year named

2009

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stages

Cenomanian – Turonian

Found in

Winton Formation, near Winton, Queensland, Australia

A sauropod, usually regarded as a basal titanosauriform (somphospondyl). Known from partial skeletal remains. Stage range is approximate, based on the age of the Winton Formation (roughly Cenomanian to early Turonian).