Genus
Valid Extinct

Jiangxititan

Mo et al. 2023

Jiangxititan is an extinct genus of somphospondylan titanosauriform dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nanxiong Formation of China. The genus contains a single species, J. ganzhouensis, known from several articulated vertebrae with ribs. Originally described as a titanosaur, Jiangxititan was later suggested to be a non-titanosaurian somphospondylan.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Jiangxititan
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Jiangxititan a titanosaurian sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of China. Typical for a sauropod, it had a long neck and stood on four pillar-like legs to support its massive body. Jiangxititan is a member of the Lognkosauria, which include some of the largest dinosaurs known, and is one of the few from mainland Asia. The discovery of Jiangxititan demonstrates the presence of both early-diverging and late-diverging titanosauriform sauropods in that area during the Late Cretaceous. © TotalDino · 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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Jiangxititan Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Jiangxititan ganzhouensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J.-Y. Mo, Q.-Y. Fu, and Y.-L. Yu, X. Xu. 2023. A new Titanosaurian sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, southern China. Historical Biology DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J.-Y. Mo, Q.-Y. Fu, and Y.-L. Yu, X. Xu. 2023. A new Titanosaurian sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, southern China. Historical Biology DOI ↗