Name: Hamititan
(Hami giant).
Phonetic: Ham-e-ty-tan.
Named By: X Wang - K. L. Bandeira R. Qiu,
S. Jiang, X. Cheng, Y. Ma & A. W. Kellner -
2021.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Macronaria, Titanosauria.
Species: H. xinjiangensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: China Xinjiang - Shengjinkou
Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Series of caudal (tail)
vertebrae.
Hamititan
is a genus of titanosaurian dinosaur that lived in Asia during the
early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur
Fauna, China". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): Article
number 14962. - X Wang - K. L. Bandeira R. Qiu, S.
Jiang, X. Cheng, Y. Ma & A. W. Kellner -
2021.
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