Dongbeititan

Say it like this: “dong-be-TIE-tuhn”

Dongbeititan dongi

Dongbeititan ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.

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When: Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago
Named in: 2007 · Wang, X.; You, H.; Meng, Q.; Gao, C.; Cheng, X.; Liu, J.
Hip height: 2 m · 7 ft
Length: 15 m · 49 ft
Weight: 7 tonnes
Found in: China · Yixian
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Somphospondyli

The story in short

In 2007, X. Wang and colleagues published the name Dongbeititan.

Fossils referred to Dongbeititan date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian), roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Yixian Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Dongbeititan at a length near 15 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 7 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Abdarainurus

Abdarainurus barsboldi

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Angolatitan

Angolatitan adamastor

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago

Arkharavia

Arkharavia heterocoelica

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago