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long-neck giant
Lusotitan
Say it like this: “LOO-so-tie-tan”
Lusotitan atalaiensis
Lusotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
- Named in
- 2003 · Antunes, M. T.; Mateus, O.
- Hip height
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Length
- 21–24 m · 69–79 ft
- Weight
- 25–34 tonnes
- Found in
- Portugal · Lourinhã
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Brachiosauridae
The story in short
Lusotitan was formally named in 2003 by M. T. Antunes and O. Mateus. The name means “portuguese titan.”
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian), roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Lourinhã Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Lusotitan at a length near 21–24 m, hips about 4 m high, and a body mass around 25–34 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Brachiosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abydosaurus
Abydosaurus mcintoshi
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Cedarosaurus
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago