--- title: New Dinosaur Species Unearthed in Tanzania description: Paleontologists have unearthed a new species of dinosaur in Tanzania, a long-necked, plant-eating giant that crops up in varied forms on every continent, but rarely ever has been found in the continent of Africa. canonical: https://time.com/3311360/new-dinosaur-species-unearthed-in-tanzania/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-09T17:25:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:47.056Z article:section: Science og:title: New Dinosaur Species Unearthed in Tanzania og:description: Paleontologists have unearthed a new species of dinosaur in Tanzania, a long-necked, plant-eating giant that crops up in varied forms on every continent, but rarely ever has been found in the continent of Africa. og:url: https://time.com/3311360/new-dinosaur-species-unearthed-in-tanzania/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaddc93d2fd33c49d/6986a27e36176021e590dc29/new-dinsoaur-species-fossil-tanzania-ohio-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1800 og:image:height: 1013 og:image:alt: Rukwa Rift Basin Project field team members constructing a litter in order to carry large plaster jacket containing the Rukwatitan skeleton. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Dinosaur Species Unearthed in Tanzania twitter:description: Paleontologists have unearthed a new species of dinosaur in Tanzania, a long-necked, plant-eating giant that crops up in varied forms on every continent, but rarely ever has been found in the continent of Africa. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaddc93d2fd33c49d/6986a27e36176021e590dc29/new-dinsoaur-species-fossil-tanzania-ohio-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Dinosaur Species Unearthed in Tanzania > Sponsored content. 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O’Connor—Ohio University  by [Dan Kedmey](https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Sep 9, 2014 5:25 PM UTC Paleontologists have [unearthed](http://www.nsf.gov/news/news%5Fsumm.jsp?cntn%5Fid=132512) a new species of dinosaur in Tanzania, a long-necked, plant-eating giant that crops up in varied forms on every continent, but rarely ever has been found in the continent of Africa. The fossils of the newly minted _Rukwatitan bisepultus_ were spotted in in the Rukwa Rift Basin of southwestern Tanzania, embedded into a cliff wall. Paleontologists from the University of Ohio excavated the fossils over several months, unearthing vertebrae, ribs, limbs and pelvic bones.  A silhouette of Rukwatitan showing the recovered skeleton and general shape of the titanosaurian. Eric Gorscak The fossils clearly belonged to a creature within the family tree of sauropods, the long-necked giants that frequently turn up in the soil of South America, but CT scans revealed a distinct species that had developed unique traits from its cousins across the pond. The bones offer new evidence that the flora and fauna of the region, some 100 million years ago, may have been uniquely adapted to the area’s prehistoric environment. “With the discovery of _Rukwatitan_ and study of the material in nearby Malawi, we are beginning to fill a significant gap from a large part of the world,” [said](http://www.nsf.gov/news/news%5Fsumm.jsp?cntn%5Fid=132512) study author Eric Gorscak. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3311360/new-dinosaur-species-unearthed-in-tanzania/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3311360/new-dinosaur-species-unearthed-in-tanzania/"},"headline":"New Dinosaur Species Unearthed in Tanzania","datePublished":"2014-09-09T17:25:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:47.056Z","description":"The massive, plant-eating sauropod may have weighed as much as several elephants","url":"https://time.com/3311360/new-dinosaur-species-unearthed-in-tanzania/","keywords":["Paleontology","animals","dinosaurs"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaddc93d2fd33c49d/6986a27e36176021e590dc29/new-dinsoaur-species-fossil-tanzania-ohio-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaddc93d2fd33c49d/6986a27e36176021e590dc29/new-dinsoaur-species-fossil-tanzania-ohio-university.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rukwa Rift Basin Project field team members constructing a litter in order to carry large plaster jacket containing the Rukwatitan skeleton.","caption":"Rukwa Rift Basin Project field team members constructing a litter in order to carry large plaster jacket containing the Rukwatitan skeleton.","creditText":"P. 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