| Rukwatitan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Holotype humerus in anterior view with scale bar | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Sauropoda |
| Clade: | †Macronaria |
| Clade: | †Titanosauria |
| Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
| Genus: | †Rukwatitan Gorscaket al.,2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Rukwatitan bisepultus Gorscaket al.,2014 | |
Rukwatitan is a genus oftitanosaursauropoddinosaur from theGalula Formation inTanzania. It lived around 100 million years ago, during the middleCretaceous.[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 nearLake Rukwa in theRukwa Valley, from which it gets its name.[4][5]
 | Thissauropodomorph-related article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |
