Garumbatitan

Say it like this: “gah-ROOM-buh-TIE-tan”

Garumbatitan morellensis

Garumbatitan 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) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Named in: 2023 · Mocho, P.; Escaso, F.; Gasulla, J. M.; Galobart, À.; Poza, B.; Santos-Cubedo, A.; Sanz, J. L.; Ortega, F.
Hip height: Not established
Length: Not established
Weight: Not established
Found in: Spain · Arcillas de Morella
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Somphospondyli

The story in short

Garumbatitan was formally named in 2023 by P. Mocho and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Arcillas de Morella Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

The fossils of Garumbatitan are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.

On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

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Abdarainurus barsboldi

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Angolatitan

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Arkharavia

Arkharavia heterocoelica

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