Dongbeititan

Field photograph to come

DV-0625Yixian Fm., China

Dongbeititan

DV-0625

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

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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