Narambuenatitan

 Narambuenatitan is a genus of lithostrotiantitanosaur sauropod from late Cretaceous(lower-middle Campanian stage) deposits of northern Patagonia of Argentina. Narambuenatitan is known from the holotypeMAU-Pv-N-425, an incomplete skeleton. It was collected in 2005 and 2006 from the Anacleto Formation (Neuquén Group) in northern Patagonia. It was first named by Leonardo S. Filippi, Rodolfo A. García and Alberto C. Garrido in 2011 and the type speciesNarambuenatitan palomoi. The generic name refers to Puesto Narambuena. The specific name honours the discoverer, Salvador Palomo.[1]

Narambuenatitan
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Campanian 
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Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Dinosauria
Clade:Saurischia
Clade:†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:†Sauropoda
Clade:†Macronaria
Clade:†Titanosauria
Clade:†Lithostrotia
Genus:†Narambuenatitan
Filippi, García & Garrido, 2011
Species:
†N. palomoi
Binomial name
†Narambuenatitan palomoi
Filippi, García & Garrido, 2011

Narmabuenatitan was assigned to the cladeLithostrotia in a trichotomy with Epachthosaurus and the more derived clade Eutitanosauria.[1]


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