Genus
Valid Extinct

Zhuchengtitan

Mo et al. 2017

Zhuchengtitan is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Shandong, China. It contains a single species, Z. zangjiazhuangensis, named by Mo Jinyou and colleagues in 2017 from a single humerus. Zhuchengtitan can be identified by the extreme width of the top end of its humerus, as well as the expansion of the deltopectoral crest on its humerus; both of these characteristics indicate that it was likely closely related to Opisthocoelicaudia. However, it differs from the latter by the flatter bottom articulating surface of its humerus. Zhuchengtitan lived in a floodplain environment alongside Shantungosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus, and Sinoceratops.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Zhuchengtitan
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Restoration of Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis from the Late Cretaceous of China © Miracusaurs · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Titanosauria Unranked clade
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Lithostrotia Unranked clade
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Saltasauroidea Superfamily
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Lohuecosauria Unranked clade
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Saltasauridae Unranked clade
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Zhuchengtitan Genus
Measurements
Length
15,1 m ⓘ
Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis
Mass
11 000 kg ⓘ
Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Hongtuya
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Zhuchengtitan zangjiazhuangensis 84 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
J. Mo, K. Wang, and S. Chen, P. Wang, X. Xu. 2017. A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous strata of Shandong Province. Geological Bulletin of China 36(9):1501-1504
Bibliography (1)
J. Mo, K. Wang, and S. Chen, P. Wang, X. Xu. 2017. A new titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous strata of Shandong Province. Geological Bulletin of China 36(9):1501-1504