Zhuchengtitan

Zhu-cheng-tie-tan.
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Maeve Foster

Paleoclimatologist

Maeve Foster explores the Earth's climatic past to understand the forces that shaped life on our planet. Her research into ancient climate events provides valuable context for current environmental challenges.

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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.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

Z.‭ ‬zangjiazhuangensis‭

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)‬.

In Depth

       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.

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