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long-neck giant
Sibirotitan
Say it like this: “si-BEER-o-TIE-tan”
Sibirotitan astrosacralis
Sibirotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Russia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2018 · Averianov, A.; Ivantsov, S.; Skutschas, P.; Faingertz, A.; Leshchinskiy, S.
- Hip height
- 4.2 m · 14 ft
- Length
- 21.5 m · 71 ft
- Weight
- 21.5 tonnes
- Found in
- Russia · Ilek
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Somphospondyli
The story in short
The genus Sibirotitan dates to 2018, the year A. Averianov and colleagues described it. The name means “siberian titan.”
Fossils referred to Sibirotitan date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian), roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from Russia, including the Ilek Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Sibirotitan at a length near 21.5 m, hips about 4.2 m high, and a body mass around 21.5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abdarainurus
Abdarainurus barsboldi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Angolatitan
Angolatitan adamastor
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
Arkharavia
Arkharavia heterocoelica
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago