Outline: a typical sauropod

RussiaNamed 2018

Volgatitan

"Volga titan"

Lived
133 to 126 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
Found in
Russia
Named by
Averianov and Efimov 2018

Where its fossils were found

The evidence

Today

1 find

130 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Field notes

About Volgatitan

What it was like

Volgatitan was a long-necked, four-legged plant eater known only from tail bones. It was first described as a titanosaur, but later study suggests it may be a relative of Mamenchisaurus instead.

Its world

It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now western Russia, near the river it was named after.

How it was found

Averianov and Efimov named Volgatitan in 2018, from a single find.

Close relatives

Other members of Mamenchisauridae

Sources: WikidataNamed in: A. Averianov and V. Efimov. 2018. The oldest titanosaurian sauropod of the Northern Hemisphere. Biological Communications 63(3):145-162