Hamititan

Name: Hamititan ‭(‬Hami giant‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ham-e-ty-tan.
Named By: X Wang‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Bandeira R.‭ ‬Qiu,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jiang,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Cheng,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Ma‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Macronaria,‭ ‬Titanosauria.
Species: H.‭ ‬xinjiangensis (type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: China Xinjiang‭ ‬-‭ ‬Shengjinkou Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Series of caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae.

       Hamititan is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna,‭ ‬China‭"‬.‭ ‬Scientific Reports.‭ ‬11‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬Article number‭ ‬14962.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X Wang‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Bandeira R.‭ ‬Qiu,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬Jiang,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Cheng,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Ma‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.



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