Paralititan
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Paralititan
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- Lived
- 101 to 94 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 28 m (92 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Algeria and Egypt
- Named by
- Smith et al. 2001
Field notes
About Paralititan
Paralititan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 94 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Paralititan, from Algeria and Egypt. Its fossils come from the Baharîje Formation. It was named by Smith et al. in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
To scale
How big was Paralititan?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Lithostrotia.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. B. Smith, M. C. Lamanna, and K. J. Lacovara, P. Dodson, J. R. Smith, J. C. Poole, R. Giegengack, Y. Attia. 2001. A giant sauropod dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous mangrove deposit in Egypt. Science 292:1704-1706