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Dzharatitanis

Say it: jah-RAH-ti-TAN-is

Name means: “Dzharakuduk titan”1

Ate: PlantsLong-necksLate Cretaceous

Dzharatitanis was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now Uzbekistan. It is known from just one tail bone, but that bone tells scientists it was a special kind of sauropod.3 2

Lived

94 to 90 million years ago3

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Dzharakuduk, Uzbekistan3 2

Food

Plants3

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

cool stuff

Fun facts

Dzharatitanis is the first rebbachisaurid dinosaur ever found in Asia. All other rebbachisaurids were known only from Africa, Europe, and South America.2

Scientists know Dzharatitanis from just one tail vertebra, which is about 10 centimetres (4 inches) long. The bone has complex air pockets, making it lightweight.2

Dzharatitanis lived about 92 to 90 million years ago, during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.1

The tail bone of Dzharatitanis has wing-like projections on the sides, which are features of rebbachisaurid dinosaurs.2

Dzharatitanis was named in 2021 by paleontologists Alexander Averianov and Hans-Dieter Sues.3 2

The species name kingi honors Dr. Christopher King, a geologist who studied the Cretaceous rocks of Central Asia.2

AI-made picture of Dzharatitanis — An AI-made picture of how Dzharatitanis might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Dzharatitanis

?How big was Dzharatitanis?

Nobody knows for sure, because scientists have only found one tail bone. That bone is about 10 centimetres (4 inches) long, so Dzharatitanis was probably a large sauropod, but its exact size is unknown.1 2

?Is Dzharatitanis a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a sauropod, a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur.1

?What did Dzharatitanis eat?

It was a plant-eater. As a sauropod, it ate plants like leaves and ferns.1

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Myth buster

Myth: Some people think Dzharatitanis was a titanosaur, like many other sauropods from the same area.

Truth: When first described, Dzharatitanis was thought to be a rebbachisaurid, but later research suggests it might actually be a titanosaur. Scientists are still debating.1 3

For dino experts

Scientific name: Dzharatitanis
Named by: Averianov and Sues 20213
Group: Long-necks
Family / clade: Somphospondyli3
Classification: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
Age of the rocks: 94 to 90 million years (Turonian)3
Rock formations: Bissekty3
Countries: Uzbekistan3
Fossil records: 1 in the Paleobiology Database3
Discovery: The only known bone of Dzharatitanis was found in 1997 by David J. Ward and Hans-Dieter Sues during an expedition in Uzbekistan. It was named and described in 2021.2
Still debated: Scientists are not sure whether Dzharatitanis was a rebbachisaurid or a titanosaur. Different studies place it in different groups.1 3

Where the facts come from

Dzharatitanis (en.wikipedia.org)
First rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur from Asia (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
Dzharatitanis in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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