Petrustitan
Petrustitan was a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur that lived on an island in what is now Romania. It was a titanosaur, a group that included some of the biggest land animals ever, but Petrustitan was small compared to its giant cousins.2
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Datos curiosos
Petrustitan was named in 2025, making it one of the newest dinosaur names.3
Its name comes from Greek words for 'stone' and 'giant', because its fossils were found in rocky outcrops near the village of Sânpetru.1
Petrustitan lived during the Maastrichtian age, about 72 to 66 million years ago, right before the dinosaurs went extinct.3
This dinosaur was originally thought to be a species of Magyarosaurus, but scientists later decided it was different enough to get its own genus.1
Petrustitan was a dwarf dinosaur, smaller than many other titanosaurs, because it lived on an island where food was limited.2
Only a few bones of Petrustitan have been found, including a leg bone (fibula) and a shin bone (tibia).1

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Petrustitan
?How big was Petrustitan?
Scientists do not know its exact size, but it was a dwarf dinosaur, smaller than many other titanosaurs, because it lived on an island where food was limited.12
?What did Petrustitan eat?
Petrustitan was a plant-eating dinosaur, like all sauropods.1
?When did Petrustitan live?
Petrustitan lived during the Maastrichtian age, about 72 to 66 million years ago, right before the dinosaurs went extinct.1
?Is Petrustitan a dinosaur?
Yes, Petrustitan is a dinosaur. It is a titanosaurian sauropod, a type of long-necked plant-eating dinosaur.1
Para expertos en dinos
- Nome científico
- Petrustitan
- Bautizado por
- Díez Díaz et al. 20253
- Grupo
- Pescozos longos
- Familia / clado
- Eutitanosauria3
- Clasificación
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Titanosauria > Macronaria3
- Idade das rochas
- de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)3
- Formacións rochosas
- Sînpetru, Sebeş3
- Países
- Romanía3
- Rexistros fósiles
- 3 na Paleobiology Database3
- Descubrimento
- Petrustitan was first named as a species of Magyarosaurus by Friedrich von Huene in 1932. In 2025, scientists Díez Díaz and colleagues gave it its own genus name Petrustitan.1
- Aínda en debate
- Scientists are still debating exactly how Petrustitan is related to other titanosaurs, especially those from South America.2
De onde veñen os datos
- Petrustitan (en.wikipedia.org)
- Full article: Revision of Romanian sauropod dinosaurs reveals high titanosaur diversity and body-size disparity on the latest Cretaceous Haţeg Island, with implications for titanosaurian biogeography (tandfonline.com)
- Petrustitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.
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