Huanghetitan

Say it like this: “HWANG-he-TIE-tuhn”

Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis

Huanghetitan 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 · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago
Named in: 2006 · You, H.; Li, D.; Zhou, L.; Ji, Q.
Hip height: 2.8 m · 9 ft
Length: 12 m · 39 ft
Weight: 3 tonnes
Found in: China
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Somphospondyli

The story in short

In 2006, H. You and colleagues published the name Huanghetitan. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Huanghetitan date to the Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian), roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago. Finds come from China. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Huanghetitan at a length near 12 m, hips about 2.8 m high, and a body mass around 3 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