Zhuchengtitan
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Zhuchengtitan
DV-1006 · type species Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Saltasauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Mo et al. 2017
Field notes
About Zhuchengtitan
Zhuchengtitan was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Saltasauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zhuchengtitan, from China. Its fossils come from the Hongtuya Formation. It was named by Mo et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Saltasauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. Mo, K. Wang, and S. Chen, P. Wang, X. Xu. 2017. A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous strata of Shandong Province. Geological Bulletin of China 36(9):1501-1504