Erketu ellisoni

† Erketu ellisoni — a Late Cretaceous sauropod from the Bayan Shireh Formation, Mongolia. Giant titanosaur-grade herbivore (~20 m long) with an extraordinarily elongated neck. Named for Novatek Ellison. The cervical vertebrae are among the most elongated of any sauropod relative to body size.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Erketu ellisoni was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Erketu ellisoni lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.