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long-neck giant
Shingopana
Say it like this: “SHEEN-go-PAH-nah”
Shingopana songwensis
Shingopana ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Tanzania.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Campanian) · roughly 100.5 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Gorscak, E.; O'Connor, P. M.; Roberts, E. M.; Stevens, N. J.
- Hip height
- 1.4 m · 5 ft
- Length
- 8 m · 26 ft
- Weight
- 3 tonnes
- Found in
- Tanzania · Galula
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Aeolosaurini
The story in short
In 2017, E. Gorscak and colleagues published the name Shingopana. The name means “wide neck.”
Fossils referred to Shingopana date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Campanian), roughly 100.5 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Tanzania, including the Galula Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Shingopana at a length near 8 m, hips about 1.4 m high, and a body mass around 3 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Aeolosaurini, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Adamantisaurus
Adamantisaurus mezzalirai
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Aeolosaurus
Aeolosaurus rionegrinus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Arrudatitan
Arrudatitan maximus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago