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(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) Garumbadtan Morellensis

(DECEMBER-2023)

Scientists discovered a massive long-necked dinosaur ‘titan’ in Spain and named it Garumbatitan morellensis.

It was a Titanosaur species, which is a subgroup of sauropods.
It was the only lineage to survive until the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck around 66 million years ago,
These massive fossils, as per estimates, date back to the Lower Cretaceous period (some 145 to 66 million years ago).
These titans belonged to the sub-group Somphospondyii.
Titanosaur species lived from the Late Jurassic Epoch (163.5 million to 145 million years ago) to the end of the Cretaceous Period (145 million to 66 million years ago),
Titanosaur fossils have been found on all continents except Antarctica and include some 40 species.
The group contains the largest terrestrial animals known, some even approaching the size of modern whales,