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long-neck giant
Nagatitan
Say it like this: “NA-guh-TIE-tuhn”
Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis
Nagatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Thailand.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2026 · Sethapanichsakul, T.; Khansubha, S. O.; Manitkoon, S.; Hanta, R.; Mannion, P. D.; Upchurch, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 27 m · 89 ft
- Weight
- 25–28 tonnes
- Found in
- Thailand · Khok Kruat
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Euhelopodidae
The story in short
The genus Nagatitan dates to 2026, the year T. Sethapanichsakul and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian), roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Thailand, including the Khok Kruat Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Nagatitan at a length near 27 m and a body mass around 25–28 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
Gobititan
Gobititan shenzhouensis
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago