Dinosaurs · Sauropod

Paralititan

Say it pa-ral-ee-tie-tan. The name means ‘tidal giant’.

Paralititan beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of sauropods
Length
28 m
Diet
Plant-eater
When
Late Cretaceous99 to 94 million years ago
Fossils found in
Egypt
Named by
Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara, Dodson, Smith, Poole, Giegengack and Attia (2001)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Sauropodomorpha › Sauropoda › Macronaria › Titanosauriformes › Titanosauria › Lithostrotia
TriassicJurassicCretaceousParalititan252 Ma66 Ma
Where Paralititan sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Sauropods. Long-necked, four-legged plant-eaters, the biggest animals ever to walk on land. See all 59

Lived at the same time

Other sauropods

Source: Paralititan 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.