Named By: | HinL. You, DinQ Li, LinQ Zhou & Q Ji in 2008 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 122.6 Ma |
Location: | China, Gansu Province |
Size: | Uncertain but roughly estimated to be around 21 meters long for the holotype |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Titanosauria | Titanosauroidea | |
Daxiatitan is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China. It is known from fossils including several neck vertebrae, a shoulder blade, and a thigh bone.
It was a very large dinosaur, estimated at 23-30 meters (75-98 feet). Like both Euhelopus and Huanghetitan, it had an enormously long neck.