Genus
Valid Extinct

Xinjiangtitan

Wu et al. 2013

Xinjiangtitan is an extinct genus of mamenchisaurid sauropod that lived during the Middle Jurassic of what is now Xinjiang, northwestern China. Its type and only species is Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis, known from a single incomplete skeleton recovered from the Qiketai Formation. The holotype preserves one of the most complete vertebral columns of any sauropod found in Asia, and has the longest complete neck known for any animal.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Xinjiangtitan
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Mamenchisauridae Unranked clade
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Xinjiangtitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Qiketai
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis 168 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
W.-H. Wu, C.-F. Zhou, and O. Wings, T. Sekiya, Z.-M. Dong. 2013. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Shanshan, Xinjiang. Global Geology 32(3):437-446
Bibliography (1)
W.-H. Wu, C.-F. Zhou, and O. Wings, T. Sekiya, Z.-M. Dong. 2013. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Shanshan, Xinjiang. Global Geology 32(3):437-446