Kaijutitan maui
"Kaiju titan"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kaijutitan 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (89–86 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina · Japan
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Kaijutitan (meaning “Kaiju titan” after the type of Japanese movie monsters) is a genus of basal titanosaur dinosaur from the Sierra Barrosa Formation from Neuquén Province in Argentina. The type and only species is Kaijutitan maui.
What we know
- Named by Filippi, Salgado & Garrido, 2019.
- Fossils found in Argentina and Japan.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Kaijutitan — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.