Genus

Valid Extinct

Daxiatitan

You et al. 2008

Daxiatitan is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous of Gansu, China. Its type and only species is Daxiatitan binglingi. It is known from a single partial skeleton consisting of most of the neck and back vertebrae, two tail vertebrae, a shoulder blade, and a thigh bone. At the time of its discovery in 2008, Daxiatitan was regarded as potentially the largest known dinosaur from China.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Reconstructed skeleton of Daxiatitan binglingi. © Tiouraren · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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Euhelopodidae Unranked clade

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Daxiatitan Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇳 China

Geological formations

Upper

Temporal distribution

Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)

Species (1)

Daxiatitan binglingi 126 Ma

Images 2

Bibliography

Original description

H.-l. You, D.-q. Li, and L.-q. Zhou, Q. Ji. 2008. Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Gansu Geology 17(4):1-10

Bibliography (1)

H.-l. You, D.-q. Li, and L.-q. Zhou, Q. Ji. 2008. Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China. Gansu Geology 17(4):1-10