Outline: a typical sauropod
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
130 million years ago
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
MamenchisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- OmeisaurusMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- BellusaurusLate Jurassic
- XinjiangtitanMiddle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- AbrosaurusMiddle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- TongnanlongLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- UragasaurusLate Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Zigongosaurussauropod
Sources: WikidataNamed in: A. Averianov and V. Efimov. 2018. The oldest titanosaurian sauropod of the Northern Hemisphere. Biological Communications 63(3):145-162
