Jiangxititan

Say it like this: “jee-AHNG-shee-TIE-tuhn”

Jiangxititan ganzhouensis

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

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When: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Named in: 2023 · Mo, J. Y.; Fu, Q. Y.; Yu, Y. L.; Xu, X.
Hip height: 3.2 m · 10 ft
Length: 12.4 m · 41 ft
Weight: 3.5 tonnes
Found in: China · Nanxiong
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Somphospondyli

The story in short

The genus Jiangxititan dates to 2023, the year J. Y. Mo and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.

Fossils referred to Jiangxititan date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Nanxiong Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.

Published estimates put Jiangxititan at a length near 12.4 m, hips about 3.2 m high, and a body mass around 3.5 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