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Wintonotitan wattsi

"Winton titan"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Wintonotitan 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (95 Mya)
Place
Asia · Australia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Wintonotitan reconstruction by Artwork: T. Tischler, Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History.
Reconstruction · Artwork: T. Tischler, Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History. (CC-BY)

Wintonotitan (meaning “Winton titan”) is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Cenomanian-aged (Late Cretaceous) Winton Formation of Australia. It is known from partial postcranial remains.

What we know

  • Named by Hocknull et al., 2009.
  • Fossils found in Asia and Australia.

What we guess

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