Outline: a typical sauropod
Daxiatitan
"Daxia titan"
- Lived
- 126 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- You et al. 2008
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
120 million years ago
Field notes
About Daxiatitan
What it was like
Daxiatitan was a large sauropod with a very long neck. It is known from much of the neck, part of the back and a thigh bone.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now China. It shared its world with the giant sauropod Huanghetitan.
How it was found
You and colleagues named Daxiatitan in 2008.
Close relatives
Other members of Euhelopodidae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: H.-l. You, D.-q. Li, and L.-q. Zhou, Q. Ji. 2008. Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Gansu Geology 17(4):1-10