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long-neck giant
Narambuenatitan
Say it like this: “na-ram-bweh-na-tie-tuhn”
Narambuenatitan palomoi
Narambuenatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Filippi, L. S.; García, R. A.; Garrido, A. C.
- Hip height
- 2.3 m · 8 ft
- Length
- 13 m · 43 ft
- Weight
- 4 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Anacleto
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lithostrotia
The story in short
In 2011, L. S. Filippi and colleagues published the name Narambuenatitan.
Fossils referred to Narambuenatitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Anacleto Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Narambuenatitan at a length near 13 m, hips about 2.3 m high, and a body mass around 4 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Lithostrotia, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Atacamatitan
Atacamatitan chilensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Maastrichtian) · roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago
Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus schrani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Elaltitan
Elaltitan lilloi
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago