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long-neck giant
Baotianmansaurus
Say it like this: “bow-tyen-MAHN-SAWR-us”
Baotianmansaurus henanensis
Baotianmansaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian) · roughly 93.9 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2009 · Zhang, X.; Lü, J.; Xu, L.; Li, J.; Yang, L.; Hu, W.; Jia, S.; Ji, Q.; Zhang, C.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 20–22.5 m · 66–74 ft
- Weight
- 15–21 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Xiaguan
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Somphospondyli
The story in short
Baotianmansaurus was formally named in 2009 by X. Zhang and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian), roughly 93.9 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Xiaguan Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Baotianmansaurus at a length near 20–22.5 m and a body mass around 15–21 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
Angolatitan
Angolatitan adamastor
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
Arkharavia
Arkharavia heterocoelica
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago