Very HardRapetosaurus
Rapetosaurus krausei
rah-PAY-too-SORE-us· “Rapeto (a folklore giant) lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Titanosauria
15 m
Length
4 m
Height
10 t
Weight
One of the most completely known titanosaurs, from Madagascar — including a rare, near-complete skull that revealed what these giants' heads looked like.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70–66 million years ago
Found in
Madagascar
Discovered
Kristina Curry Rogers, 2001
Did you know?
- It is one of the most complete titanosaurs ever found.
- A fossil baby shows they grew fast and looked like miniature adults.
- It is named after Rapeto, a giant from Malagasy folklore.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.