Sibirotitan

Si-be-ro-ty-tan.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Sibirotitan ‭(‬Siberian titan‭)‬.

Phonetic

Si-be-ro-ty-tan.

Named By

A.‭ ‬Averianov,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Ivantsov,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Skutschas,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Faingertz‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Leshchinskiy‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauriformes,‭ ‬Somphospondyli.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬astrosacralis‭

Size

Roughly about 15 meters long.

Known locations

Russia,‭ ‬Kemerovo Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ilek Formation.

Time Period

Early Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

‭P‬artial post cranial skeleton including vertebrae,‭ ‬sacrum,‭ ‬foot.

In Depth

       Fossils of Sibirotitan were first found in Russia during the‭ ‬1950s,‭ ‬but‭ ‬not‭ ‬named until the disarticulated bones were put together and finally given a name in‭ ‬2018.‭ ‬At the time of the genus description,‭ ‬Sibirotitan was regarded as one of the oldest titanisauriform sauropod dinosaurs on the Asian continent.‭ ‬Further detail than this is hard to say until further fossils for this dinosaur can be found.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Ilek Formation,‭ ‬Western Siberia,‭ ‬Russia.‭ ‬Geobios‭ ‬51:1-14.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Averianov,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Ivantsov,‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Skutschas,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Faingertz‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬Leshchinskiy‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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