Xinjiangtitan
Field photograph to come
Xinjiangtitan
DV-0873
- Lived
- 168 to 143 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Mamenchisauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Wu et al. 2013
Field notes
About Xinjiangtitan
Xinjiangtitan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 168 to 143 million years ago. It belongs to the family Mamenchisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Xinjiangtitan, from China. Its fossils come from the Qiketai Formation. It was named by Wu et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
155 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Mamenchisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: W.-H. Wu, C.-F. Zhou, and O. Wings, T. Sekiya, Z.-M. Dong. 2013. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Shanshan, Xinjiang. Global Geology 32(3):437-446