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long-neck giant
Kaijutitan
Say it like this: “KIE-joo-TIE-tan”
Kaijutitan maui
Kaijutitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Filippi, L. S.; Salgado, L.; Garrido, A. C.
- Hip height
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 19 m · 62 ft
- Weight
- 15 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Sierra Barrosa
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
In 2019, L. S. Filippi and colleagues published the name Kaijutitan. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Kaijutitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Coniacian), roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Sierra Barrosa Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Kaijutitan at a length near 19 m, hips about 4 m high, and a body mass around 15 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago