LegendaryOlorotitan
Olorotitan arharensis
oh-LOR-oh-TY-tan· “giant swan”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Hadrosauridae
8 m
Length
3 m
Height
3.2 t
Weight
A graceful duck-billed dinosaur from the Russian Far East, crowned with a huge, fan-shaped hollow crest and a long, swan-like neck.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~66 million years ago
Found in
Russia
Discovered
Pascal Godefroit, 2003
Did you know?
- It had a big hatchet- or fan-shaped crest on its head.
- Its name means 'giant swan' for its long neck.
- It is one of the most complete duckbills found outside the Americas.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.