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long-neck giant
Oceanotitan
Say it like this: “OH-see-AH-no-TIE-tan”
Oceanotitan dantasi
Oceanotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Jurassic. Bones have been found in Portugal.
- When
- Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2019 · Mocho, P.; Royo-Torres, R.; Ortega, F.
- Hip height
- 3.1 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 16 m · 52 ft
- Weight
- 10 tonnes
- Found in
- Portugal · Lourinhã
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Somphospondyli
The story in short
Oceanotitan was formally named in 2019 by P. Mocho and colleagues.
It lived in the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), roughly 154.8 to 149.2 million years ago. Finds come from Portugal, including the Lourinhã Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Oceanotitan at a length near 16 m, hips about 3.1 m high, and a body mass around 10 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abdarainurus
Abdarainurus barsboldi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Angolatitan
Angolatitan adamastor
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
Arkharavia
Arkharavia heterocoelica
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago