Genus
Valid Extinct

Phosphatotitan

Longrich et al. 2026

Phosphatotitan is an extinct genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, known from a partial skeleton.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Phosphatotitan
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Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis, holotype, MHNM.KHG.888; Sidi Chennane, Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco; Phosphates, lower Couche III, late Maastrichtian. Dorsal vertebra in (A) anterior view; and (B) lateral view. Abbreviations: acpl, anterior centroparapophyseal lamina; cen, centrum; con, condyle; lpl, lamina dividing pleurocoels; nec, neural canal; nsp, neural spine; pcdl, posterior centrodiapophyseal lamina; pcpl, posterior centroparapophyseal lamina; pl1, primary pleurocoel; pl2, secondary pleurocoel; prcdf, prezygocentrodiapophyseal fossa; pre, prezygapophyses; tp, transverse process. © N. R. Lonrich, A. Pérez-Moreno, V. Díez Díaz, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet & N.-E. Jalil · CC BY 4.0 · 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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Colossosauria Unranked clade
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Lognkosauria Unranked clade
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Argentinosauridae Family
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Phosphatotitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
Couche III
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
N. R. Longrich, A. Pérez-Moreno, and V. Díez Díaz, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet, N. Jalil. 2026. A Titanosaurian Sauropod with South American Affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and Evidence for Dinosaur Endemism in Africa. Diversity 18(5):241 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. R. Longrich, A. Pérez-Moreno, and V. Díez Díaz, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet, N. Jalil. 2026. A Titanosaurian Sauropod with South American Affinities (Lognkosauria: Argentinosauridae) from the Late Maastrichtian of Morocco and Evidence for Dinosaur Endemism in Africa. Diversity 18(5):241 DOI ↗