Uriash

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Uriash
Temporal range: Maastrichtian, 71–66  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Lithostrotia
Genus: Uriash
Díez Díaz et al., 2025
Species:
U. kadici
Binomial name
Uriash kadici
Díez Díaz et al., 2025

Uriash is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Romania. The holotype of this genus was originally referred to Petrustitan . [1]

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Etymology

The generic name Uriash references the Romanian word uriaș, the giant in Romanian Folklore, while the specific name kadici references the Hungarian geologist Ottokár Kadić (1876–1957). [1]

Description

Uriash has been estimated to be 8.83–11.87 m (29.0–38.9 ft) long and weighed up to 5–8 t (4.9–7.9 long tons; 5.5–8.8 short tons). [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Díez Díaz, Verónica; Mannion, Philip D.; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán; Upchurch, Paul (20 February 2025). "Revision of Romanian sauropod dinosaurs reveals high titanosaur diversity and body-size disparity on the latest Cretaceous Haţeg Island, with implications for titanosaurian biogeography". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2441516.