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long-neck giant
Soriatitan
Say it like this: “SOH-ree-yah-TIE-tuhn”
Soriatitan golmayensis
Soriatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Spain.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian) · roughly 132.6 to 121.4 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Royo-Torres, R.; Fuentes, C.; Meijide, M.; Meijide Fuentes, F.; Meijide Fuentes, M.
- Hip height
- 2.2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 13–14 m · 43–46 ft
- Weight
- 8 tonnes
- Found in
- Spain · Golmayo
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Brachiosauridae
The story in short
Soriatitan was formally named in 2017 by R. Royo-Torres and colleagues. The name means “soria titan.”
Fossils referred to Soriatitan date to the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian · Barremian), roughly 132.6 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from Spain, including the Golmayo Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Soriatitan at a length near 13–14 m, hips about 2.2 m high, and a body mass around 8 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Brachiosauridae, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Abydosaurus
Abydosaurus mcintoshi
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus altithorax
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 154.8 to 143.1 million years ago
Cedarosaurus
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago