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Daxiatitan
Temporal range: Lower CretaceousScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda (unranked): Titanosauria Superfamily: Titanosauroidea Genus: Daxiatitan
You et al., 2008Species - D. binglingi You et al., 2008 (type)
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, similar to both Euhelopus and Huanghetitan, with an enormously long neck.[2]
References
- ^ You, H.-L.; Li, D.-Q.; Zhou, L.-Q.; and Ji, Q (2008). "Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China". Gansu Geology 17 (4): 1–10.
- ^ http://dinogami.smugmug.com/Travel/Dinosaurs-Along-The-Silk-2/8814579_u2jLY#583746852_JEN8b Reconstructing the skeleton of Daxiatitan
Categories:- Sauropodomorph stubs
- Cretaceous dinosaurs
- Dinosaurs of Asia
- Titanosaurs
- Fossil taxa described in 2008
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