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Paralititan
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A partial postcranial skeleton of Paralititan has been found, but no skull, so reconstructions of the shape of the head are based on similar dinosaurs. The remains were found in a fossil mangrove swamp.
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- Pronounced
- pa-ral-i-tie-tuhn
- Meaning of name
- tidal giant
- Length
- estimated 28m
- Diet
- herbivorous
- When it lived
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Late Cretaceous
(99 - 94 million years ago) - Found in
- Egypt
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda, Neosauropoda, Macronaria, Camarasauromorpha, Titanosauriformes, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia, Paralititan
- Named by
- Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara, Dodson, Smith, Poole, Giegengack and Attia (2001)
- Type species
- stromeri