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long-neck giant · Doubtful name
Titanosaurus
Say it like this: “tie-TAN-o-SOR-us”
Titanosaurus indicus
Titanosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in India.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1877 · Lydekker, R.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 8 tonnes
- Found in
- India · Lameta
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
The genus Titanosaurus dates to 1877, the year R. Lydekker described it. The name means “titan lizard.”
Fossils referred to Titanosaurus date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from India, including the Lameta Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Titanosaurus at a length near 15 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 8 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