Europatitan

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Europatitan eastwoodi

Europatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago
Named in: 2017 · Torcida Fernández-Baldor, F.; Canudo, J. I.; Huerta, P.; Moreno-Azanza, M.; Montero, D.
Hip height: 4.4 m · 14 ft
Length: 20–21.4 m · 66–70 ft
Weight: 22–25 tonnes
Found in: Spain · Castrillo de la Reina
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Somphospondyli

The story in short

In 2017, F. Torcida Fernández-Baldor and colleagues published the name Europatitan. The name means “european giant.”

Fossils referred to Europatitan date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian), roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Castrillo de la Reina Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Europatitan at a length near 20–21.4 m, hips about 4.4 m high, and a body mass around 22–25 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