Genus
Valid Extinct

Huanghetitan

You et al. 2006
Etymology De ''Huang He'' le fleuve Jaune, lequel traverse le bassin de Lanzhou où a été trouvé le spécimen et de ''titan'', les géants de la mythologie grecque.

Huanghetitan, is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. It was a basal titanosauriform which lived in what is now Gansu, China.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Huanghetitan
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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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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Macronaria Unranked clade
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Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
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Somphospondyli Unranked clade
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Huanghetitan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Upper
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis 126 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
H. You, D. Li, and L. Zhou, Q. Ji. 2006. Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis, a new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China. Geological Review 52(5):668-674
Bibliography (1)
H. You, D. Li, and L. Zhou, Q. Ji. 2006. Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis, a new sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, China. Geological Review 52(5):668-674