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long-neck giant
Paludititan
Say it like this: “puh-LOO-di-TIE-tan”
Paludititan nalatzensis
Paludititan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Romania.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2010 · Csiki, Z.; Codrea, V.; Jipa-Murzea, C.; Godefroit, P.
- Hip height
- 1.7 m · 6 ft
- Length
- 6 m · 20 ft
- Weight
- 1 tonnes
- Found in
- Romania · Sânpetru
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lithostrotia
The story in short
The genus Paludititan dates to 2010, the year Z. Csiki and colleagues described it. The name means “marsh titan.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Romania, including the Sânpetru Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Paludititan at a length near 6 m, hips about 1.7 m high, and a body mass around 1 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