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long-neck giant
Petrustitan
Say it like this: “PEE-trus-TIE-tan”
Petrustitan hungaricus
Petrustitan 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
- 2025 · Díaz, V. D.; Mannion, P. D.; Csiki-Sava, Z.; Upchurch, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 11.3 m · 37 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Romania · Sânpetru
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Eutitanosauria
The story in short
Petrustitan was formally named in 2025 by V. D. Díaz and colleagues.
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 Petrustitan at a length near 11.3 m.
On the family tree it sits in Eutitanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.