CHADITITAN
a rinconsaurian titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina.
Pronunciation: CHAH-dee-TIE-tuhn
Meaning: Titan of the salt
Author/s: Agnolín
et al. (
2025)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Río Negro, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #1154
Chadititan calvoi
(Calvo's Titan of the Salt)Etymology
Chadititan is derived from the Mapundungum "chadi" (salt), referring to its discovery near an extensive salt flat, and the Greek "titan" (for the giant pre-Olympian gods), a common suffix attached to members of Titanosauria.
The
species epithet,
calvoi, honours the late Jorge O. Calvo (1962–2023) who described several titanosaurs and coined the
name Rinconsauria.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Age range: 83-75 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 7 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Agnolín FL, Motta MJ, Garcia Marsà J, Aranciaga-Rolando MA, Álvarez-Herrera G, Chimento NR, Rozadilla S, Brissón-Egli F, Cerroni MA, Panzeri KM, Bogan S, Casadio S, Sterli J, Miquel SE, Martínez S, Pérez LM, Pol D and Novas FE (2025) "New fossiliferous locality from the Anacleto Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) from northern Patagonia, with the description of a new titanosaur".
Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 26(2): 217-259. DOI: 10.22179/REVMACN.26.885.
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