Wintonotitan

Say it like this: “win-TON-o-TIE-tan”

Wintonotitan wattsi

Wintonotitan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Australia.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
Named in: 2009 · Hocknull, S. A.; White, M. A.; Tischler, T. R.; Cook, A. G.; Calleja, N. D.; Sloan, T.; Elliott, D. A.
Hip height: 3.5 m · 11 ft
Length: 15 m · 49 ft
Weight: 10 tonnes
Found in: Australia · Winton
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Diamantinasauria

The story in short

The genus Wintonotitan dates to 2009, the year S. A. Hocknull and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Wintonotitan date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Australia, including the Winton Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Wintonotitan at a length near 15 m, hips about 3.5 m high, and a body mass around 10 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Diamantinasauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Australotitan

Australotitan cooperensis

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago

Diamantinasaurus

Diamantinasaurus matildae

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago

Sarmientosaurus

Sarmientosaurus musacchioi

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago