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long-neck giant
Nullotitan
Say it like this: “NOO-lo-TIE-tan”
Nullotitan glaciaris
Nullotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Novas, F.; Agnolin, F.; Rozadilla, S.; Aranciaga-Rolando, A.; Brissón Egli, F.; Motta, M.; Cerroni, M.; Ezcurra, M.; Martinelli, A.; D´Angelo, J.; Álvarez-Herrera, G.; Gentil, A.; Bogan, S.; Chimento, N.; García Marsà, J. A.; Lo Coco, G.; Miquel, S.; Brito, F.; Vera, E.; Loinaze, V.; Fernandez, M.; Salgado, L.
- Hip height
- 4.5 m · 15 ft
- Length
- 20 m · 66 ft
- Weight
- 41 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Chorrillo
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasauroidea
The story in short
In 2019, F. Novas and colleagues published the name Nullotitan. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Nullotitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Chorrillo Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Nullotitan at a length near 20 m, hips about 4.5 m high, and a body mass around 41 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Saltasauroidea, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Arackar
Arackar licanantay
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Bustingorrytitan
Bustingorrytitan shiva
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Isisaurus
Isisaurus colberti
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago