Bustingorrytitan
Sign in to saveBustingorrytitan (meaning "Bustingorry's giant") is a genus of lithostrotian titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. The type species is Bustingorrytitan shiva.
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- Late Cretaceous
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- Argentina
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Bustingorrytitan (meaning "Bustingorry's giant") is a genus of lithostrotian titanosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Huincul Formation of Argentina. The type species is Bustingorrytitan shiva.
== Discovery and naming == left|thumb|Axial remains In 2001, several sauropod skeletons were uncovered at the "Bustingorry II" site at Villa El Chocón, including remains belonging to both Choconsaurus and Bustingorrytitan. This sauropod was announced in a conference the same year by Simón, and received the informal name of "Sauropodus". It was first described in 2011, in a thesis by María Edith Simón.
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