Dongbeititan
Field photograph to come
Dongbeititan
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- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wang et al. 2007
Field notes
About Dongbeititan
Dongbeititan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Dongbeititan, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Wang et al. in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
125 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Somphospondyli.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Wang, H. You, and Q. Meng, C. Gao, X. Cheng, J. Liu. 2007. Dongbeititan dongi, the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(6):911-916