The newly identified titanosaur, Garumbatitan morellensis, roamed what is now Spain around 122 million years ago. The unusual shape of some of its bones could hold clues about the evolutionary history of a unique group of sauropods.
A massive, never-before-seen sauropod roamed what is now Spain roughly 122 million years ago, new fossils show. The unusual shape of its bones suggests the newly described"titan" was quite primitive, which could help scientists better understand the evolution of these gigantic, long-necked dinosaurs.
Researchers described G. morellensis in a new study published Sept. 28 in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Based on the size of these bones, G. morellensis was likely at least average-size for titanosaurs, which often grew to around the size of a basketball court. Although titanosaurs were the heaviest sauropods, they were not the longest. That title likely belongs to the unidentified sauropod species nicknamed"Supersaurus," which stretched to 128 feet long.The shape of its leg and foot bones suggests that G. morellensis was one of the most primitive sauropods in the sub-group Somphospondyli, which includes titanosaurs as well as some other, more elongated sauropods like Brachiosaurus, researchers wrote.
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