Genus: Titanosaurus LYDEKKER, 1877
Etymology: Greek, Titan, a mythical giant, and Greek, sauros, "lizard": “Titan lizard”.
= Titamosaurus COLBERT, 1952 (sic)
= Titinosaurus GALTON, 1981 (sic)

Species: indicus LYDEKKER, 1877
Etymology: In reference to India, the country of origin.

Holotype: IM

Locality: Bara Sima Hill, Jubbulpore, Madhya Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Middle-Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: 2 caudal vertebra.

Referred material:

BMNH 40867: Cast of type.

 

CHATTERJEE & RUDRA, 1996

Locality: Raiholi Site, Gujrat State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

ISI R 467: Braincase.

 

HUENE & MATLEY, 1933

Locality: Bara Simla Hill, Jubbulpore, Madhya Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Sauropod bed, Lameta Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

K20/315: 12th to 14th caudal vertebrae.

K20/316: Caudal vertebra.

K20/318: Both rami of haemapophysis of the above vertebrae.

 

 

 

Locality: Western end of a trap-capped spur, 2 1/2 miles east of Silondi, Jubbulpore district, Madhya Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Upper Sands above Main Limestone, Lameta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

K27/488: Fragmentary left femur.

 

= Titanosaurus cf. indicus BATALLER, 1960

Locality: Tremp, Lerida Province, Spain.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

= Titanosaurus cf. indicus

Locality: Pisdura, Jubbulpore, Madhya Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

K27/503: 8th-9th caudal vertebrae.

K27/504: 10th-11th caudal vertebrae.

K27/502: 13th-14th caudal vertebrae.

K27/505: A fragment of sacral vertebra.

K27/511: Fragment of radius.

K27/507: Proximal end of a metacarpal.

 

LYDEKKER, 1888

Locality:

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age:

Material:

BMNH R902: Small caudal centrum.

BMNH R903: Smaller caudal centrum.

BMNH R904: Neural arch.

 

LAPPARENT, 1947

Locality: Paris, France.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Danian, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Anterior caudal vertebrae, middle caudal vertebra, fragmentary left pubis, left metatarsal III, right ulna, right radius, posterior right femur, sternal bone,

 

Locality: Palais Longchamp, Marseille, France.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Danian, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Caudal vertebrae, right tibia, right ulna.

 

Locality: Lyon, France.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Danian, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Posterior caudal vertebra.

 

Locality: France.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Danian, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Coll. particuliare abbre Guille: Anterior caudal vertebra, right fibula.

 

LAPPARENT, 1954

Locality: Quarante, Saint-Chinian, Herault Department, France.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Caudal vertebra.

 

LAPPARENT, & AGUIRRE, 1956

Locality: Talarn, Tremp, Lerida Province, Spain.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

LAPPARENT & AGUIRRE, 1957

Locality: Cuenca, Tremp, Lerida Province, Spain.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given:

 

MOHABEY & UDHOJI, 2000

Locality: Pisdura hill, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: No. 137 (i)-137 (v), 137 (x-z): Fragmentary dorsal and caudal vertebrae.

 

PRASAD & VERMA

Locality: Umrer, Nagpur District, Maharashtra State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

Number: Not given: Fragmentary 9th, 10th caudals, femur, tibia, fibula, metatarsals, and phalanges.

 

SWINTON, 1947

Locality: Top of the Greensand zone and a few feet below the Main Lameta Limestone, Chota Simla Hill, near Jubbulpore, Madhya Pradesh State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

BMNH R 5931: Left humerus.

BMNH R 5932: Proximal half of right humerus.

BMNH R 5933: Right radius.

BMNH R 5903: Left femur, left tibia, and left fibula.

 

= Titanosaurus blanfordi LYDEKKER, 1879 (nomen dubium)
Etymology: In honor of Mr.W. T. Blanford from the Lametas of Pisdura, India.

Holotype:

Locality: PIS 1, situated less than 1 km from Pisdura, 20°21N, 79°2'E, Maharashtra State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Beds.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Mid-Late Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: 2 posterior caudal vertebrae.

Referred material:

HUENE & MATELY, 1933

K27/501: 9th-10th caudal vertebra.

K27/508: Distal end of a tibia.

K27/514: Fragment of a scapula?

K27/506: Proximal end of a metacarpal.

K27/522: Sacral centra.

 

MOHABEY & UDHOJI, 2000

Locality: Psidura, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

No. 32: Caudal vertebra.

 

Locality: Kotbala, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State, India.

Horizon: Lameta Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material:

N0. 101: Caudal vertebra.