Angolatitan

Say it like this: “an-GO-luh-TIE-tan”

Angolatitan adamastor

Angolatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in AO.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
Named in: 2011 · Mateus, O.; Jacobs, L. L.; Schulp, A. S.; Polcyn, M. J.; Tavares, T. S.; Buta Neto, A.; Morais, M. L.; Antunes, M. T.
Hip height: 2.5 m · 8 ft
Length: 13 m · 43 ft
Weight: 6 tonnes
Found in: AO · Itombe
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Somphospondyli

The story in short

Angolatitan was formally named in 2011 by O. Mateus and colleagues. The name means “angolan giant.”

Fossils referred to Angolatitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian), roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago. Finds come from AO, including the Itombe Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Angolatitan at a length near 13 m, hips about 2.5 m high, and a body mass around 6 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Abdarainurus

Abdarainurus barsboldi

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Arkharavia

Arkharavia heterocoelica

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago

Astrophocaudia

Astrophocaudia slaughteri

Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago