Outline: a typical sauropod
Huanghetitan
"Yellow River titan"
- Lived
- 126 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- You et al. 2006
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
120 million years ago
Field notes
About Huanghetitan
What it was like
Huanghetitan was a large long-necked sauropod, an early relative of the titanosaurs. It is known from parts of the hips, tail and ribs. Its ribs were very deep, which suggests a wide, bulky body.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now China. The large sauropod Daxiatitan lived in the same region.
How it was found
You and colleagues named it in 2006.
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli
Sources: WikidataNamed in: H. You, D. Li, and L. Zhou, Q. Ji. 2006. Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis, a new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China. Geological Review 52(5):668-674