[D] Duriatitan humerocristatus [sG] [T]
Describer
Barrett, Benson & Upchurch 2010
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Kimmerdige Clay, Dorset and Cambridgeshire, England
Info
Duriatitan humerocristatus (Barrett, Benson & Upchurch 2010) > Pelorosaurus humerocristatus (Hulke, 1874) >> Cetiosaurus humerocristatus (Hulke, 1874)
Duriatitan is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic in what is now United Kingdom. The holotype specimen of Duriatitan, BMNH 44635, is a partial left upper arm bone which was found by R.I. Smith near Sandsfoot in the lower Kimmeridge Clay from Dorset, England. The type species, D. humerocristatus, was described in 1874 by John Hulke as a species of Cetiosaurus.[1] The specimen was assigned to its own genus by Paul M. Barrett, Roger B.J. Benson and Paul Upchurch in 2010.
Etymology
Latin Dorset = Duria and Greek Titan
Barrett, Benson & Upchurch 2010
Time
Jurassic Late Kimmeridgian Tithonian
Classification
Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Titanosauria
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Kimmerdige Clay, Dorset and Cambridgeshire, England
Info
Duriatitan humerocristatus (Barrett, Benson & Upchurch 2010) > Pelorosaurus humerocristatus (Hulke, 1874) >> Cetiosaurus humerocristatus (Hulke, 1874)
Duriatitan is a genus of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic in what is now United Kingdom. The holotype specimen of Duriatitan, BMNH 44635, is a partial left upper arm bone which was found by R.I. Smith near Sandsfoot in the lower Kimmeridge Clay from Dorset, England. The type species, D. humerocristatus, was described in 1874 by John Hulke as a species of Cetiosaurus.[1] The specimen was assigned to its own genus by Paul M. Barrett, Roger B.J. Benson and Paul Upchurch in 2010.
Etymology
Latin Dorset = Duria and Greek Titan