Atacamatitan
Atacamatitan (meaning "Atacama Desert titan") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Tolar Formation of Chile.
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- Discovery and naming
- Description
- Vertebrae
- Forelimb and hindlimb
- Classification
- See also
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Atacamatitan (meaning "Atacama Desert titan") is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Tolar Formation of Chile.
==Discovery and naming== In February 2000, with the purpose of looking for Mesozoic fossils in Chile, Chilean and Brazilian researchers mounted a preliminary expedition that was organized by the Chilean National Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of Brazil heading to Antofagasta Region. During the expedition, they discovered the deposits of the Tolar Formation, located about 150 km north of Calama town and 50 km east from El Abra copper mine.