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long-neck giant
Udelartitan
Say it like this: “YOO-duh-lar-TIE-tuhn”
Udelartitan celeste
Udelartitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in UY.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian) · roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Soto, M.; Carballido, J. L.; Langer, M. C.; Silva Junior, J. C. G.; Montenegro, F.; Perea, D.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 15–16 m · 49–52 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- UY · Guichón
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Saltasauroidea
The story in short
The genus Udelartitan dates to 2024, the year M. Soto and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian), roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from UY, including the Guichón Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Udelartitan at a length near 15–16 m.
On the family tree it sits in Saltasauroidea, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Arackar
Arackar licanantay
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Bustingorrytitan
Bustingorrytitan shiva
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Isisaurus
Isisaurus colberti
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago