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long-neck giant
Patagotitan
Say it like this: “Pat-ah-go-tie-tan”
Patagotitan mayorum
Patagotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Carballido, J. L.; Pol, D.; Otero, A.; Cerda, I. A.; Salgado, L.; Garrido, A. C.; Ramezani, J.; Cúneo, N. R.; Krause, J. M.
- Hip height
- 4.8 m · 16 ft
- Length
- 27–37 m · 89–121 ft
- Weight
- 42.5–77.6 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Cerro Barcino
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lognkosauria
The story in short
Patagotitan was formally named in 2017 by J. L. Carballido and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Patagotitan date to the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cerro Barcino Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Patagotitan at a length near 27–37 m, hips about 4.8 m high, and a body mass around 42.5–77.6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Lognkosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Argentinosaurus
Argentinosaurus huinculensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Drusilasaura
Drusilasaura deseadensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Futalognkosaurus
Futalognkosaurus dukei
Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian) · roughly 93.9 to 85.7 million years ago