Hamititan

DV-1139 · type species Hamititan xinjiangensis

Lived: 137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Sauropods
Found in: China
Named by: Wang et al. 2021

Field notes

About Hamititan

Hamititan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Hamititan, from China. Its fossils come from the Shengjinkou Formation. It was named by Wang et al. in 2021.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

135 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Xiyunykustheropod
Silutitansauropod

Close relatives

Other members of Titanosauria.

AegyptosaurusEarly Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
AndesaurusEarly Cretaceous
YeneenLate Cretaceous
AbdarainurusLate Cretaceous
ArgyrosaurusLate Cretaceous
LaplatasaurusLate Cretaceous
MnyamawamtukaEarly Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
NinjatitanEarly Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Wang, K. L. N. Bandeira, and R. Qiu, S. Jiang, X. Cheng, Y. Ma, A. W. A. Kellner. 2021. The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China. Scientific Reports 11:14962:1-17