Garrigatitan meridionalis

† Garrigatitan meridionalis — a Late Cretaceous titanosaur sauropod from Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie, Languedoc, France. Large herbivore from the Late Cretaceous of southern France. 'Southern titan of Garrigues'; from the Rognacian Facies. Part of the European Late Cretaceous titanosaur fauna before .

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Garrigatitan meridionalis 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

Garrigatitan meridionalis 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.