Silutitan

Name: Silutitan ‭(‬silk road titan‭)‬.
Phonetic: Sil-u-ty-tan.
Named By: Xiaolin Wang,‭ ‬Kamila L.‭ ‬N.‭ ‬Bandeira,‭ ‬Rui Qiu.‭ ‬Shunxing Jiang.‭ ‬Xin Cheng,‭ ‬Yingxia Ma‭ & ‬Alexander W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Sauropoda,‭ ‬Macronaria,‭ ‬Euhelopodidae.
Species: S.‭ ‬sinensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Xinjiang‭ ‬-‭ ‬Shengjinkou Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Cervical‭ (‬neck vertebrae‭)‬.

       Silutitan is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in South-East Asia during the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna,‭ ‬China‭‬ -.‭ ‬Scientific Reports.‭ ‬11‭ (‬1‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Xiaolin Wang,‭ ‬Kamila L.‭ ‬N.‭ ‬Bandeira,‭ ‬Rui Qiu.‭ ‬Shunxing Jiang.‭ ‬Xin Cheng,‭ ‬Yingxia Ma‭ & ‬Alexander W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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