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long-neck giant
Gobititan
Say it like this: “GO-be-TIE-tuhn”
Gobititan shenzhouensis
Gobititan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2003 · You, H.; Tang, F.; Luo, Z.
- Hip height
- 2.8 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 20 m · 66 ft
- Weight
- 20 tonnes
- Found in
- China · Zhonggou
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Euhelopodidae
The story in short
In 2003, H. You and colleagues published the name Gobititan. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Zhonggou Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Gobititan at a length near 20 m, hips about 2.8 m high, and a body mass around 20 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Euhelopodidae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Erketu
Erketu ellisoni
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian) · roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago
Euhelopus
Euhelopus zdanskyi
Early Cretaceous (Berriasian · Valanginian) · roughly 143.1 to 132.6 million years ago
Liaoningotitan
Liaoningotitan sinensis
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago