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Paralititan StromeriP. stromeri (Smith, Lamanna,
Lacovara, Dodson, Smith, Poole,
Giegengack & Attia, 2001)
Paralititan stromeri (paralititan) was a huge plant-eating sauropod dinosaur living during the middle Cretaceous period. The Paralititan had a long neck, small head, bulky body, and long tail. It was about 24–30 m long (78–100 ft) and weighed approximately 70 tonnes (75–80 tons). Fossils were found in Bahariya Oasis, Egypt. Etymology Paralititan stromeri means "Ernest Stromer's tidal titan". It was named by Joshua B. Smith, Lamanna, Lacovara, Dodson, Smith, Poole, Giegengack and Attia in 2001 to honor Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach, a German paleontologist and geologist who found dinosaurs in this area in the early 1900's. External links
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