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Nagatitan fossil map

Where fossils of Nagatitan have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 115 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 115 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Nagatitan
Image: Connor Ashbridge, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupSauropods & prosauropods
Lived121.4–100.5 million years ago (Aptian to Albian)
PeriodsCretaceous
FamilyEuhelopodidae
Named bySethapanichsakul et al. 2026
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inThailand
Rock formationsKhok Kruat

About Nagatitan

Nagatitan (lit. 'Nāga giant') is an extinct genus of euhelopodid sauropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian ages) Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand. The genus contains a single species, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, known from a partial skeleton. Nagatitan is a large sauropod, with an estimated body length of 27 metres (89 ft) and mass of approximately 27 tonnes (30 short tons), making it the largest dinosaur known from Southeast Asia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nagatitan (revision 1375307917), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q139792760.

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