Daxiatitan
| Daxiatitan binglingi Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 122.6 Ma | |
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| Mounted skeleton cast | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Saurischia |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Clade: | †Camarasauromorpha |
| Clade: | †Titanosauriformes |
| Genus: | †Daxiatitan You et al., 2008 |
| Species: | † D. binglingi |
| Binomial name | |
| Daxiatitan binglingi You et al., 2008 | |
Daxiatitan is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China. It is known from fossils including several neck vertebrae, a shoulder blade, and a thigh bone.[1]
It was a very large dinosaur, estimated at 23–30 meters (75–98 feet).[2][1] Like both Euhelopus and Huanghetitan, it had an enormously long neck.[3]
References
- 1 2 You, H.-L.; Li, D.-Q.; Zhou, L.-Q.; Ji, Q (2008). "Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China". Gansu Geology 17 (4): 1–10.
- ↑ Holtz, Thomas R. Jr. (2011) Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages, Winter 2010 Appendix.
- ↑ http://dinogami.smugmug.com/Travel/Dinosaurs-Along-The-Silk-2/8814579_u2jLY#583746852_JEN8b Reconstructing the skeleton of Daxiatitan
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