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Titanosaurs (or titanosaurians; members of the group Titanosauria) were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, including genera from all seven continents. The titanosaurs were the last surviving group of long-necked sauropods, with taxa still thriving at the time of the extinction event at the end of the Cretaceous.
Titanosaur, diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs classified in the clade Titanosauria, which lived from the Late Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period. Titanosaur fossils have been found on all continents except Antarctica and include some 40 species, some of which were the largest terrestrial animals known.
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, [1][2] and the second species, T. blanfordi, was named in 1879. [3]
Titanosaurs lived at the end of Earth’s Cretaceous Period (145 million to 66 million years ago), and titanosaur fossils have been found on every continent. Sadly, these lumbering leviathans died out at the end of the Cretaceous. The following list describes eight titanosaurs of varying sizes.
The long-necked, lumbering titanosaur was once found on every continent in the world during the Cretaceous period. Here's what we know about the biggest dinosaur to walk on land.
Titanosaurus is the signature member of the family of dinosaurs known as titanosaurs, which were the last sauropods to roam the earth before the K/T Extinction 65 million years ago.
Titanosaurs were the biggest land animals Earth's ever seen, combining reptile and mammal traits. by Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation. The fossilized skin of a titanosaur embryo discovered...