Daxiatitan

Field photograph to come

DV-0655Upper Fm., China

Daxiatitan

DV-0655

Lived
126 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
Found in
China
Named by
You et al. 2008

Field notes

About Daxiatitan

Daxiatitan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Euhelopodidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Daxiatitan, from China. Its fossils come from the Upper Formation. It was named by You et al. in 2008.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

120 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Euhelopodidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, 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