Dongbeititan

Dong-bey-ty-tan.
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Lilah Turner

Evolutionary Biologist

Lilah Turner investigates how prehistoric animals adapted to changing environments, offering insights into evolution's mechanisms.

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Name

Dongbeititan ‭(‬Dongbei titan‭)‬.

Phonetic

Dong-bey-ty-tan.

Named By

X.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Meng,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Gao,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Chang‭ &‬ J.‭ ‬Liu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Sauropodomorpha,‭ ‬Macronaria.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

D.‭ ‬dongi‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Liaoning Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Yixian Formation.

Time Period

Barremian/Aptian of the early Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Dongbeititan is a genus of macronarian sauropod that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬As a macrocnarian,‭ ‬Dongbeititan would have been similar in form to genera such as Lusotitan,‭ ‬Janenshcia and Daanosaurus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Dongbeititan dongi,‭ ‬the first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of western Liaoning Province,‭ ‬China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Geologica Sinica‭ (‬English Edition‭) ‬81‭ (‬6‭)‬:‭ ‬911‭–‬916.‭ ‬-‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Wang,‭ ‬H.‭ ‬You,‭ ‬Q.‭ ‬Meng,‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Gao,‭ ‬X.‭ ‬Chang,‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Liu‭ ‬-‭ ‬2007.

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