Gandititan
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Gandititan
DV-1238 · type species Gandititan cavocaudatus
- Lived
- 101 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Han et al. 2024
Field notes
About Gandititan
Gandititan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 90 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Gandititan, from China. Its fossils come from the Zhoutian Formation. It was named by Han et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Han, L. Yang, and F. Lou, C. Sullivan, X. Xu, W. Qiu, H. Liu, J. Yu, R. Wu, Y. Ke, M. Xu, J. Huban, P. Lu. 2024. A new titanosaurian sauropod, Gandititan cavocaudatus gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of southern China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2293038