Gobititan

Taxobox|
name = "Gobititan"
status = fossil
fossil_range = mid-Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
unranked_familia = Titanosauria
genus = "Gobititan"
binomial = "Gobititan shenzhouensis"
binomial_authority = You, Tang and Luo, 2003

"Gobititan" is a genus of dinosaur from the mid-Cretaceous. The genus is based on one partial skeleton, composed of spinal vertebrae and a partial limb. Based on the partial skeleton, it is believed to have been a basal titanosaur, a type of sauropod. The type species, "Gobititan shenzhouensis", was described by You, Tang and Luo in 2003. The fossils were found in China.cite journal |author=H. You |coauthors=F. Tang; and Z. Luo |year=2003 |title=A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Acta Geologica Sinica |volume=77 |issue=4 |pages=424–429]

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* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/titanosauria.htm "Gobititan" at "Thescelosaurus"!] ; scroll to Titanosauria i.s.