Ninjatitan The Earliest Known Titansaur

[Dynomikegojira]

Meet Ninjatitan zapatai of the
Bajada Colorada Formation which may be the earliest known titanosaur that also coexisted with Bajadasaurus and Leinkupal
https://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/3376

[Loon]

I gotta say, Ninjatitan has to be the coolest Dinosaur name in recent memory.

[Stegotyranno420]

I gotta say, Ninjatitan has to be the coolest Dinosaur name in recent memory.

Ditto. I Could imagine it being in some 1980s-2000s cartoon series.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

At least i can pronounce this one...lol

[stargatedalek]

How old is the person who named this thing?

[Stegotyranno420]

In lots of Spanish speaking countries, the J is usually pronounced as H. So its spelt Ninja- but pronounced Ninha-
Of course, this is based on what i heard. And its the same case with bajadasaurus

And why cant paleontologist have fun with names, they are people, just like us

[CityRaptor]

So first Kaijutitan, then Ninjatitan...so what's next? Geishatitan?

[Subduction]

In lots of Spanish speaking countries, the J is usually pronounced as H. So its spelt Ninja- but pronounced Ninha-
Of course, this is based on what i heard. And its the same case with bajadasaurus

And why cant paleontologist have fun with names, they are people, just like us

Being part Cuban, I can confirm that "j" is usually pronounced as an "h" in Spanish. So I think it's pretty reasonable to assume that Ninjatitan is supposed to be pronounced as "nin-ha-titan" and not "ninja-titan". Although I'd love to see some animal being named "ninja". :'D

Otherwise, I completely agree. There are only so many descriptive terms you can give to an animal.

Thank you for sharing this article though, Dynomikegojira! I wish I could read the full thing. But it's always exciting to discover a new animal, especially since it's thought to represent a basal/early titanosaur!

[Stegotyranno420]

In lots of Spanish speaking countries, the J is usually pronounced as H. So its spelt Ninja- but pronounced Ninha-
Of course, this is based on what i heard. And its the same case with bajadasaurus

And why cant paleontologist have fun with names, they are people, just like us

Being part Cuban, I can confirm that "j" is usually pronounced as an "h" in Spanish. So I think it's pretty reasonable to assume that Ninjatitan is supposed to be pronounced as "nin-ha-titan" and not "ninja-titan". Although I'd love to see some animal being named "ninja". :'D

Otherwise, I completely agree. There are only so many descriptive terms you can give to an animal.

Thank you for sharing this article though, Dynomikegojira! I wish I could read the full thing. But it's always exciting to discover a new animal, especially since it's thought to represent a basal/early titanosaur!

Eyy S @Subduction its so great to see ya!

[Subduction]

In lots of Spanish speaking countries, the J is usually pronounced as H. So its spelt Ninja- but pronounced Ninha-
Of course, this is based on what i heard. And its the same case with bajadasaurus

And why cant paleontologist have fun with names, they are people, just like us

Being part Cuban, I can confirm that "j" is usually pronounced as an "h" in Spanish. So I think it's pretty reasonable to assume that Ninjatitan is supposed to be pronounced as "nin-ha-titan" and not "ninja-titan". Although I'd love to see some animal being named "ninja". :'D

Otherwise, I completely agree. There are only so many descriptive terms you can give to an animal.

Thank you for sharing this article though, Dynomikegojira! I wish I could read the full thing. But it's always exciting to discover a new animal, especially since it's thought to represent a basal/early titanosaur!

Eyy S @Subduction its so great to see ya!

Aww thank you! I appreciate it!

[Stegotyranno420]

Well turns out its supposed to be Ninja and not Ninj(h)a
Quote from one of the wikipedium reference:

This titanosaur was baptized as Ninjatitan zapatai in recognition of the Argentine researcher Sebastián Apesteguía, nicknamed 'El Ninja', who promoted the first campaign at the Bajada Colorada site in 2010 and the technician Rogelio Zapata, who participated in the field work that year.

[Dynomikegojira]

In lots of Spanish speaking countries, the J is usually pronounced as H. So its spelt Ninja- but pronounced Ninha-
Of course, this is based on what i heard. And its the same case with bajadasaurus

And why cant paleontologist have fun with names, they are people, just like us

Being part Cuban, I can confirm that "j" is usually pronounced as an "h" in Spanish. So I think it's pretty reasonable to assume that Ninjatitan is supposed to be pronounced as "nin-ha-titan" and not "ninja-titan". Although I'd love to see some animal being named "ninja". :'D

Otherwise, I completely agree. There are only so many descriptive terms you can give to an animal.

Thank you for sharing this article though, Dynomikegojira! I wish I could read the full thing. But it's always exciting to discover a new animal, especially since it's thought to represent a basal/early titanosaur!

Welcome and this makes me hope we'll discover a Jurassic member of the group one day and South America I bet will be the best place to look for it.

[Subduction]

Well turns out its supposed to be Ninja and not Ninj(h)a
Quote from one of the wikipedium reference:

This titanosaur was baptized as Ninjatitan zapatai in recognition of the Argentine researcher Sebastián Apesteguía, nicknamed 'El Ninja', who promoted the first campaign at the Bajada Colorada site in 2010 and the technician Rogelio Zapata, who participated in the field work that year.

Ah shoot. Well, that's okay. At least it was named after a researcher and not so much the word "ninja".

[Wallnut]

Well turns out its supposed to be Ninja and not Ninj(h)a
Quote from one of the wikipedium reference:

This titanosaur was baptized as Ninjatitan zapatai in recognition of the Argentine researcher Sebastián Apesteguía, nicknamed 'El Ninja', who promoted the first campaign at the Bajada Colorada site in 2010 and the technician Rogelio Zapata, who participated in the field work that year.

That is interesting.