Tambatitanis

Field photograph to come

DV-0907Ohyamashimo Fm., Japan

Tambatitanis

DV-0907

Lived
113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
Found in
Japan
Named by
Saegusa and Ikeda 2014

Field notes

About Tambatitanis

Tambatitanis was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago. It belongs to the family Euhelopodidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tambatitanis, from Japan. Its fossils come from the Ohyamashimo Formation. It was named by Saegusa and Ikeda in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Euhelopodidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Saegusa and T. Ikeda. 2014. A new titanosauriform sauropod (Dinosauria: Saurischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Hyogo, Japan. Zootaxa 3848(1):1-66