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Duriatitan Duriatitan humerocristatus (Lydekker 1888)

/dˌʊɹɹɪˈæɾɪtən/ estimated
Late Jurassic (Berriasian) · 154.8–137.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Countries
United Kingdom, France, Portugal
Regions
England · Nord-Pas-de-Calais · Centro
Formations
Kimmeridge Clay · Mont-Lambert · Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo
Dig sites
7
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United Kingdom, France, Portugal. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Duriatitan humerocristatus is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 154.8–137.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from England, United Kingdom and elsewhere. It was named by (Lydekker 1888). The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Duriatitan humerocristatus sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Duriatitan
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Duriatitan humerocristatus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Nuthetes
Nuthetes destructor
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coexisted–with
Owenodon
Owenodon hoggii
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coexisted–with
Echinodon
Echinodon becklesii
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coexisted–with
Minimocursor
Minimocursor phunoiensis
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coexisted–with
Dromaeosauroides
Dromaeosauroides bornholmensis
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same–clade
Janenschia
Janenschia robusta
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same–clade
Wamweracaudia
Wamweracaudia keranjei
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same–clade
Tendaguria
Tendaguria tanzaniensis
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