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long-neck giant
Rukwatitan
Say it like this: “ruk-wah-TI-tuhn”
Rukwatitan bisepultus
Rukwatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Tanzania.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Gorscak, E.; O'Connor, P. M.; Stevens, N. J.; Roberts, E. M.
- Hip height
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 9.1 m · 30 ft
- Weight
- 6 tonnes
- Found in
- Tanzania · Galula
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
Rukwatitan was formally named in 2014 by E. Gorscak and colleagues. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Rukwatitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian), roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago. Finds come from Tanzania, including the Galula Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Rukwatitan at a length near 9.1 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 6 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago