Tambatitanis Tambatitanis

"Tamba giant"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tambatitanis 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (112.6–109 Mya)
Place
Japan
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Euhelopodidae

Tambatitanis (meaning “Tamba giant”, after Tamba, the name given to the northwest of Kansai, Japan) is an extinct genus of titanosauriform, possibly titanosaurian, sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous-aged (early Albian) Ohyamashimo Formation of the Sasayama Group. It is known from a single species, Tambatitanis amicitiae, known from a partial skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Saegusa & Ikeda, 2014.
  • Fossils found in Japan.