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long-neck giant
Bustingorrytitan
Say it like this: “bus-tin-goh-ree-tie-tuhn”
Bustingorrytitan shiva
Bustingorrytitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2023 · Salgado, L.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 30 m · 98 ft
- Weight
- 67.3 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Huincul
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasauroidea
The story in short
Bustingorrytitan was formally named in 2023 by L. Salgado. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Bustingorrytitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Huincul Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Bustingorrytitan at a length near 30 m and a body mass around 67.3 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Saltasauroidea, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Arackar
Arackar licanantay
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Isisaurus
Isisaurus colberti
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Mansourasaurus
Mansourasaurus shahinae
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago