Titanosaurus is a dubious genus of extinct titanosaurian sauropod that lived in India. Similiar its relative, Saltasaurus, it had Dragon-like lumpy spikes on its back. It was the first titanosaurid to be discovered, but the genus and species have fallen into a dubious status.
Discovery and naming[]
Titanosaurus, literally meaning 'titanic lizard', was named after the mythological Titans. Titanosaurus was the first Indian dinosaur to be named and properly described, having been recorded for the first time in 1877.
The type species, T. indicus, was named in 1877, and the second species, T. blanfordi, was named in 1879. Both species were named by Richard Lydekker. T. indicus and T. blanfordi are 70 million years old.
Description[]
Wilson and Upchurch (2003) treated Titanosaurus as a nomen dubium ("dubious name") because they noted that the original Titanosaurus specimens cannot be distinguished from those of related animals. The sauropod interpreted to behave as similar to other large sauropods in appearance and lifestyle.
Other Wikis[]
- https://prehistoric-wiki.fandom.com/wiki/Titanosaurus
- https://jurassic-park-institute.fandom.com/wiki/Titanosaurus
In popular culture[]
- ‘Titanosaurus’ appears in Prehistoric Park, as the only sauropod in the show. Despite being called ‘Titanosaurus’ numerous times, this animal lived in China, not India. It is commonly speculated to be a different species of Titanosaur, like Dongbeititan.
- Titanosaurus is the largest non-boss land creature in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is extremely hard to tame and once tamed it slowly starves itself to death.
- Titanosaurus appeared in Power Rangers: Dino Super Charge as one of the large robotic Zords.
- In the Godzilla franchise, there Is a kaiju named "Titanosaurus", but is only similar in name only, as the kaiju is more of a theropod with fish attributes than any sort of sauropod.
- Titanosaurus is featured in Dinosaur King.
- Titanosaurus appeared in Jurassic World: Rebirth, depicted with speculative sails and a long whip-like tail.
References[]
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/pranay-lal-india-has-not-marketed-or-preserved-its-discoveries-on-dinosaurs/story-LHl2cxzVnDBIsrAQOxiPGK.html
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1755-6724.2000.tb00438.x
- https://www.britannica.com/animal/titanosaur
- https://www.greelane.com/tr/bilim-teknoloji-matematik/hayvanlar-ve-doğa/titanosaurus-1092994/
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40662783_A_revision_of_Titanosaurus_Lydekker_Dinosauria-Sauropoda_the_first_dinosaur_genus_with_a_Gondwanan_distribution
- https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/orientation-center/the-titanosaur
- https://www.thoughtco.com/titanosaurus-1092994
- https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.578.8885&rep=rep1&type=pdf
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