Titanosaurus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Titanosaurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Reconstructed skeleton of Titanosaurus blanfordi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Infraorder:	†Sauropoda
Family:	†Titanosauridae
Genus:	Titanosaurus Lydekker, 1877

Fossilised egg of Titanosaurus blanfordi

Titanosaurus was a genus of sauropod dinosaur, first described by Lydekker in 1877 from fragments, but not confirmed by later research.

Titanosaurus was 9-12 metres (30-40 ft) long and weighed about 13 tons. Titanosaurus has traditionally been treated as a "wastebasket taxon" for poorly preserved sauropod remains. The most well-known species of Titanosaurus, "Titanosaurus" colberti, has been renamed Isisaurus. The remains were from the Upper Cretaceous of India.

Images for kids

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  T. blanfordi holotype distal caudal vertebra (GSI 2195)

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In Spanish: Titanosaurus para niños