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long-neck giant
Chadititan
Say it like this: “CHAH-dee-TIE-tuhn”
Chadititan calvoi
Chadititan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Agnolín, F. L.; Motta, M.; García Marsà, J. A.; Aranciaga Rolando, M.; Álvarez-Herrera, G.; Chimento, N.; Rozadilla, S.; Brissón Egli, F.; Cerroni, M.; Panzeri, K.; Bogan, S.; Casadío, S.; Sterli, J.; Miquel, S.; Martínez, S.; Perez, L.; Pol, D.; Novas, F.
- Hip height
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 7 m · 23 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Argentina · Anacleto
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Rinconsauria
The story in short
In 2025, F. L. Agnolín and colleagues published the name Chadititan. The name means “titan of the salt.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Anacleto Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Chadititan at a length near 7 m and hips about 1.8 m high.
On the family tree it sits in Rinconsauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Brasilotitan
Brasilotitan nemophagus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Muyelensaurus
Muyelensaurus pecheni
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago
Rinconsaurus
Rinconsaurus caudamirus
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago