Silutitan sinensis

† Silutitan sinensis is an Early Cretaceous somphospondylan sauropod from Gansu Province, China. Known from an elongated neck series, it represents an early titanosauriform lineage in East Asia during the Cretaceous radiation of large herbivores.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Silutitan sinensis 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 Early Mesozoic Era

Silutitan sinensis lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145.0 to 100.5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.