Tiantaisaurus sifengensis

† Tiantaisaurus sifengensis is an Early Cretaceous sauropod from Zhejiang Province, China. Known from a partial skeleton, it represents one of several poorly understood sauropods from southeastern China that require additional fossils for confident placement.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Tiantaisaurus sifengensis 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

Tiantaisaurus sifengensis 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.