Rukwatitan

Rukwatitan; Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous, 100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Holotype humerus in anterior view with scale bar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:	†Sauropoda
Clade:	†Macronaria
Clade:	†Titanosauria
Clade:	†Lithostrotia
Genus:	†Rukwatitan; Gorscak et al., 2014
Type species
	†Rukwatitan bisepultus; Gorscak et al., 2014

Rukwatitan is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Galula Formation in Tanzania. It lived around 100 million years ago, during the middle Cretaceous.^[1]^[2] The species, which shared features with another southern African species, Malawisaurus dixeyi, measured 30 feet (9.1 m) from the head to the tip of the tail,^[3] and had forelimbs that were estimated around 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long. Its fossils were found embedded in a cliff face near Lake Rukwa in the Rukwa Valley, from which it gets its name.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Gorscak, Eric; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Stevens, Nancy J.; Roberts, Eric M. (2014). "The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1133–1154. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.845568.
^ Eric Gorscak. "Ohio University paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania". Ohio: Research. Ohio University. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ Ryan Grenoble (10 September 2014). "New Species Of Massive Dinosaur Discovered In Africa". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ Agata Blaszczak-Boxe/ (8 September 2014). "New dinosaur species a rare find in Africa". CBS News. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ Jennifer Viegas (8 September 2014). "Another Massive New Dinosaur Found, This Time in Africa". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

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[Gorscaketal2014-1] Gorscak, Eric; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Stevens, Nancy J.; Roberts, Eric M. (2014). "The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1133–1154. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.845568.

[Ohio-2] Eric Gorscak. "Ohio University paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania". Ohio: Research. Ohio University. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[3] Ryan Grenoble (10 September 2014). "New Species Of Massive Dinosaur Discovered In Africa". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 September 2014.

[4] Agata Blaszczak-Boxe/ (8 September 2014). "New dinosaur species a rare find in Africa". CBS News. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[5] Jennifer Viegas (8 September 2014). "Another Massive New Dinosaur Found, This Time in Africa". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

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