Genus
Valid Extinct

Titanomachya

Pérez-Moreno et al. 2024

Titanomachya is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous La Colonia Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, Titanomachya gimenezi. It is a relatively small titanosaur, weighing around 7.8 tonnes.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Titanomachya
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Holotype of Titanomachya gimenezi (in situ) © Vincent Brusca (photographer) · CC BY 2.5 ar · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Saltasauroidea Superfamily
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Titanomachya Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
La Colonia
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Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Titanomachya gimenezi 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. Pérez-Moreno, L. Salgado, and J. L. Carballido, A. Otero, D. Pol. 2024. A new titanosaur from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Chubut Province, Argentina. Historical Biology DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. Pérez-Moreno, L. Salgado, and J. L. Carballido, A. Otero, D. Pol. 2024. A new titanosaur from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Chubut Province, Argentina. Historical Biology DOI ↗