Name:
Zhuchengtitan
(Zhucheng titan).
Phonetic: Zhu-cheng-tie-tan.
Named By: J. Mo, K. Wang, S. Chen, P.
Wang & X. Xu - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria, Saltasauridae.
Species: Z. zangjiazhuangensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Humerus of the holotype 108 centimetres
long.
Known locations: China - Shandong Province -
Xingezhuang Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Humerus (upper arm bone).
Named
from a single humerus, Zhuchengtitan is a genus
of titanosaurian
dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous. Although not
much to go on, the humerus of Zhuchengtitan is
similar to that seen
in the genus Opisthocoelicaudia,
indicating Zhuchengtitan was a
saltasaurid tianosaur.
Zhuchengtitan
lived in a diverse ecosystem which included many other dinosaur types
such as ceratopsians
like Sinoceratops
and Zhuchengceratops,
as well
as hadrosaurs
like Shantungosaurus.
Predatory threats to
Zhuchengtitan may have come from large tyrannosaurs
such as
Zhuchengtyrant.
Further reading
- A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous strata of
Shandong Province. - Geological Bulletin of China
36(9):1501-1504. - J. Mo, K. Wang, S. Chen, P.
Wang & X. Xu - 2017.