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long-neck giant
Volgatitan
Say it like this: “VOL-guh-TIE-tan”
Volgatitan simbirskiensis
Volgatitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Russia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian) · roughly 132.6 to 125.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2018 · Averianov, A.; Efimov, V.
- Hip height
- 3.1 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 20 m · 66 ft
- Weight
- 15 tonnes
- Found in
- Russia
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Colossosauria
The story in short
The genus Volgatitan dates to 2018, the year A. Averianov and V. Efimov described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian), roughly 132.6 to 125.8 million years ago. Finds come from Russia. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Volgatitan at a length near 20 m, hips about 3.1 m high, and a body mass around 15 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Colossosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Austroposeidon
Austroposeidon magnificus
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Bonitasaura
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Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago
Chucarosaurus
Chucarosaurus diripienda
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago