Tambatitanis amicitiae

† Tambatitanis amicitiae is an Early Cretaceous titanosaur sauropod from the Sasayama Formation of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, the first titanosaur described from Japan. Its discovery indicates titanosaurs had reached the Japanese archipelago by the Early Cretaceous.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Tambatitanis amicitiae 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

Tambatitanis amicitiae 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.