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DAXIATITAN
(dax-e-ah-tie-tan)
meaning: "Daxia titan"
Daxiatitan
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 |
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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.

Read more about Daxiatitan at Wikipedia
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