taxonID	type	description	language	source
03AC8797FF80FFD6EFB8905CFCBBFF7D.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Tambatitanis amicitiae sp. nov.; see below.	en	Saegusa, Haruo, Ikeda, Tadahiro (2014): A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848 (1): 1-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3848.1.1
03AC8797FF80FFD6EFB8905CFCBBFF7D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. In reference to the Tamba, the northwestern region of Kansai Area, SW Japan, where the type specimen was collected; and titanis, from Greek, refers to giants, symbolic of the great size of the specimen. Diagnosis. As for the type and only known species.	en	Saegusa, Haruo, Ikeda, Tadahiro (2014): A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848 (1): 1-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3848.1.1
03AC8797FF8EFFD6EFB89617FEEBFC36.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Museum of Nature and Human Activities, MNHAH D- 1029280: a partial skeleton represented by teeth, a braincase, a dentary, an atlas, a fragmentary cervical vertebra, fragmentary dorsal vertebrae, dorsal ribs, first sacral ribs, spine of sacral vertebrae, a pubis, an ilium, caudal vertebrae and chevrons Type locality. Kamitaki, Sannan-cho, Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan Type horizon and age: ‘ Lower’ Formation of the Sasayama Group, Early Cretaceous (probably early Albian).	en	Saegusa, Haruo, Ikeda, Tadahiro (2014): A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848 (1): 1-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3848.1.1
03AC8797FF8EFFD6EFB89617FEEBFC36.taxon	etymology	Etymology. amicitia (Latin), meaning friendship, refers to the friendship between Messrs. Murakami Shigeru and Adachi Kiyoshi who found the holotype skeleton of this new species, in August, 2006.	en	Saegusa, Haruo, Ikeda, Tadahiro (2014): A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848 (1): 1-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3848.1.1
03AC8797FF8EFFD6EFB89617FEEBFC36.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Tambatitanis amicitiae gen. et sp. nov. is characterized by 8 unique characters: (1) the postzygapophysis and the summit of the neural spine of the anterior caudal vertebrae are located beyond the posterior border of the centrum; (2) the spine of the anterior caudal vertebrae is curved strongly anteriorly and bowshaped in lateral view; (3) the summit of the neural spine is expanded and hemispherical with its anterior face excavated by the posterodorsal extension of a deep and narrow SPRF; (4) the transverse processes of the anterior caudal vertebrae are short and L shaped; (5) the anterior chevron is longest among sauropods in proportion to body size; (6) the distal ends of the anterior chevrons are rod-shaped; (7) the distal ends of the mid chevrons are transversely thin and long anteroposteriorly, without cranial process; (8) the dorsal border of the shaft of the paroccipital process that forms the ventral margin of the posttemporal fenestra is short mediolaterally and V-shaped in posterior view.	en	Saegusa, Haruo, Ikeda, Tadahiro (2014): A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848 (1): 1-66, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3848.1.1
