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long-neck giant
Duriatitan
Say it like this: “doo-ree-uh-TY-tuhn”
Duriatitan humerocristatus
Duriatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in the United Kingdom.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Barrett, P. M.; Benson, R. B. J.; Upchurch, P.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 25 m · 82 ft
- Weight
- 10 tonnes
- Found in
- the United Kingdom · Kimmeridge Clay
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauriformes
The story in short
Duriatitan was formally named in 2010 by P. M. Barrett and colleagues. The name means “giant from Dorset.”
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United Kingdom, including the Kimmeridge Clay Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Duriatitan at a length near 25 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 10 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauriformes, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Brohisaurus
Brohisaurus kirthari
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
Dinodocus
Dinodocus mackesoni
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Eucamerotus
Eucamerotus foxi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago