Outline: a typical sauropod
Gobititan
"Gobi titan"
- Lived
- 113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- You et al. 2003
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
110 million years ago
Field notes
About Gobititan
What it was like
Gobititan was a large, long-necked, four-legged plant eater, a relative of Euhelopus. It is known from parts of its legs and tail.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now northwestern China. Its bones come from the Zhonggou Formation, where it shared the land with Psittacosaurus, the early horned Archaeoceratops and Auroraceratops, and the plant eater Equijubus.
How it was found
You and colleagues named Gobititan in 2003, from a single find.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Euhelopodidae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: H. You, F. Tang, and Z. Luo. 2003. A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Acta Geologica Sinica 77(4):424-429