Daxiatitan

Dax-e-ah-tie-tan.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Daxiatitan ‭(‬Daxia titan‭)‬.

Phonetic

Dax-e-ah-tie-tan.

Named By

H-L.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬D-Q Li,‭ ‬L-Q Zhou‭ & ‬Q Ji‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Titanosauria,‭ ‬Titanosauroidea.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

D.‭ ‬binglingi‭

Size

Uncertain but roughly estimated to be around‭ ‬21‭ ‬meters long for the holotype, possibly longer.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Gansu Province.

Time Period

Early Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Daxiatitan is another one of the really big early Cretaceous sauropods from China. T‭he holotype remains are considered to be from an individual twenty-one meters long, though Daxiatitan is also thought to have possibly also grown bigger than this.‭ ‬Daxiatitan was named after branch of the Huang He River.‭ ‬Another large sauropod with a naming connection to this‭ ‬river‭ ‬is Huanghetitan.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Daxiatitan binglingi:‭ ‬a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China,‭ ‬H-L.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬D-Q Li,‭ ‬L-Q Zhou‭ & ‬Q Ji‭ ‬-‭ ‬2008.

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