Pronunciation: TIE-ta-no-MAH-chee-uh
Meaning: for Titanomachy
Author/s: Pérez-Moreno et al. (2024)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Chubut Province, Argentina
Discovery Chart Position: #1125
Titanomachya gimenezi
(For Titanomachy and Giménez)Etymology
Titanomachya is derived from "Titanomachy" (in Greek mythology, the battle fought by the Olympians against the Titans, in which the latter are defeated). Titanomachya honours that battle since it comes from the time when the titanosaurian dinosaurs became extinct.
The species epithet, gimenezi, honours the late Dr. Olga Giménez, the first female palaeontologist to study the dinosaurs of Chubut Province.
Discovery
The remains of Titanomachya were discovered in the La Colonia Formation near Cerro Bayo (a mountain) and Bajada del Diablo (an impact crater), Chubut Province, Argentina by Diego Pol.
The holotype (MPEF Pv 11547) is a partial skeleton consisting of a piece of tail vertebra, six partial ribs, two chevrons, a left upper arm bone, two pelvic fragments, parts of both thighs, both shins, both calfbones, a complete right ankle and part of the left.
