Dinosaurs · Sauropod
Erketu
Say it er-kee-tu. The name means ‘Erketu = Tengri (a Mongolian creator-god)’.
- Length
- 15 m
- Diet
- Plant-eater
- When
- Early Cretaceous
- Fossils found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Ksepka and Norell (2006)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria
Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59
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Source: Erketu in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.