Ninjatitan zapatai

† Ninjatitan zapatai is an Early Cretaceous titanosaurian sauropod from Neuquén Province, Argentina. Possibly among the oldest known titanosaurs, it pushes back the origin of titanosaurian sauropods to ~140 million years ago.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Ninjatitan zapatai 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

Ninjatitan zapatai 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.