Named By: | Eric Gorscak, Patrick M. O'Connor, Nancy J. Stevens & Eric Roberts in 2014 |
Time Period: | 100 Ma Cretaceous |
Location: | Tanzania |
Size: | Estimated about 9.1 meters long |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropoda | Titanosauria | |
Rukwatitan bisepultus is a species of titanosaur from Tanzania. It lived around 100 million years ago, during the middle Cretaceous. The species, which shared features with another southern African species, Malawisaurus dixeyi, measured 30 feet (9.1 m) from the head to the tip of the tail, and had forelimbs that were estimated around 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long. Fossils were found embedded in a cliff face near Lake Rukwa in the Rukwa Valley.