Erketu
Field photograph to come
Erketu
DV-0599 · type species Erketu ellisoni
- Lived
- 101 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 15 m (49 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
- Found in
- China and Mongolia
- Named by
- Ksepka and Norell 2006
Field notes
About Erketu
Erketu was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Euhelopodidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Erketu, from China and Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Ksepka and Norell in 2006.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
To scale
How big was Erketu?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Euhelopodidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: D. T. Ksepka and M. A. Norell. 2006. Erketu ellisoni, a long-necked sauropod from Bor Guvé (Dornogov Aimag, Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3508:1-16