Uriash is a type of dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period, around 71 to 66 million years ago. This dinosaur was found in Romania and belongs to a group called sauropods, which are known for being large, long-necked dinosaurs.
The name “Uriash” comes from the Romanian word for giant, which reflects the dinosaur’s size. The specific name “kadici” honors a Hungarian geologist named Ottokár Kadić, who was important in discovering its remains.
The story of Uriash begins in 1914 when a skeleton was discovered in a ravine near Vălioara. At first, scientists thought these bones belonged to another dinosaur called Magyarosaurus. However, later research revealed that the bones were from a different dinosaur that was not known before.
By 2025, scientists named and described Uriash kadici as a new species. They determined it was a single individual, meaning all the bones found belonged to one dinosaur.
Uriash is estimated to have been about 29 to 39 feet long and weighed between 5 to 8 tons. This makes it one of the largest known titanosaur dinosaurs found in Europe during the late Cretaceous period.
The discovery of Uriash helps us learn more about the diversity of dinosaurs that once roamed our planet.