Gobititan
Name: Gobititan
(Gobi titan).
Phonetic: Go-be-ty-tan.
Named By: H. You, F. Tang & Z.
Luo - 2003.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria.
Species: G. shenzhouensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: China, Gansu - Digou
Formation.
Time period: Barremian of the Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: 41 Caudal (tail)
vertebrae and a partial hind limb.
Gobititan
is a genus of titanosaurian
dinosaur that lived in China during the
early Cretaceous. At the time of writing Gobititan
is only known from
caudal vertebrae and a partial hind limb, though from these it is
possible to infer that Gobititan was a primitive
titanosaur. This is
because Gobititan is known to have had at least
forty-one caudal
vertebrae, whereas most more advanced titanosaurs are known to have
had under thirty-five vertebrae.
Gobititan
has been considered to be similar to another genus of titanosaur named
Tangvayosaurus.
Further reading
- A new basal titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early
Cretaceous of China. - Acta Geologica Sinica 77(4):424-429.
- H. You, F. Tang & Z. Luo - 2003.
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