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Soriatitan golmayensis

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Soriatitan 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Soriatitan
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (130–125 Mya)
Place
Europe · Spain
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Brachiosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sauropoda Giraffe-postured sauropods with long front legs.

Soriatitan (“Soria titan”) is a genus of brachiosaurid sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. It is known from one species, S. golmayensis, found in the Golmayo Formation. It lived between 130 and 125 million years ago, and was identified by a team of paleontologists in Spain.

What we know

  • Named by Royo-Torres et al., 2017.
  • Fossils found in Europe and Spain.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Soriatitan — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.