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long-neck giant
Dzharatitanis
Say it like this: “jah-ruh-tie-tan-iss”
Dzharatitanis kingi
Dzharatitanis ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2021 · Averianov, A.; Sues, H. D.
- Hip height
- 3.4 m · 11 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 9 tonnes
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Bissekty
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Neosauropoda
The story in short
Dzharatitanis was formally named in 2021 by A. Averianov and H. D. Sues.
Fossils referred to Dzharatitanis date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Dzharatitanis at a length near 15 m, hips about 3.4 m high, and a body mass around 9 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Neosauropoda, among the sauropod dinosaurs.