In Depth
Daxiatitan is another one of the really big early Cretaceous sauropods from China. The holotype remains are considered to be from an individual twenty-one meters long, though Daxiatitan is also thought to have possibly also grown bigger than this. Daxiatitan was named after branch of the Huang He River. Another large sauropod with a naming connection to this river is Huanghetitan.
Further Reading
- Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China, H-L. You, D-Q Li, L-Q Zhou & Q Ji - 2008.
