PHOSPHATOTITAN
a lognkosaurian titanosaur from the Late cretaceous of Morocco.
Pronunciation: foss-FAY-toe-TIE-tuhn
Meaning: Phosphate Giant
Author/s: Longrich
et al. (
2026)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Khouribga Province, Morocco
Acta Ordinal: #1208
Phosphatotitan khouribgaensis
(Phosphate Giant from Khouribga)Etymology
Phosphatotitan is derived from "phosphate" (for the phosphate deposits of Morocco) and the Greek "titan" (giant).
The
species epithet,
khouribgaensis, combines "Khouribga" (for Khouribga Province) and the Latin "ensis" (from).
ZooBank registry:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:73C27618-BAE9-4299-9578-7CD1AAF20FB8.
Discovery
The remains of
Phosphatotitan were discovered in the Lower Couche III marine phosphates of the Oulad Abdoun Basin in the mines at Sidi Chennane, Khouribga Province, Morocco.
The
holotype (MHNM.KHG.888) consists of vertebrae from the back, hip, and tail, and a partial pelvis.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Age range: 68-66 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 12 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 4 tons
Diet: Herbivore
Phosphatotitan
khouribgaensis
References
• Carballido JL, Pol D, Otero A, Cerda IA, Salgado L, Garrido AC, Ramezani J, Cúneo NR and Krause JM (2017) "
A new giant titanosaur sheds light on body mass evolution among sauropod dinosaurs".
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284(1860): 20171219. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1219.
• Longrich NR, Pérez-Moreno A, Díez Díaz V, Pereda-Suberbiola X, Bardet N and Jalil N-E (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: 10.3390/d18050241.
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