Liaoningotitan

Say it like this: “lee-YOW-ning-o-TIE-tuhn”

Liaoningotitan sinensis

Liaoningotitan 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: 2018 · Zhou, C. F.; Wu, W. H.; Sekiya, T.; Dong, Z. M.
Hip height: 2 m · 7 ft
Length: 10 m · 33 ft
Weight: 4.5 tonnes
Found in: China · Yixian
Food and walking: Herbivore · Four legs
Kind: long-neck giant · Sauropod
Family branch: Euhelopodidae

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Liaoningotitan was formally named in 2018 by C. F. Zhou and colleagues. The name means “liaoning giant.”

Fossils referred to Liaoningotitan 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 Liaoningotitan at a length near 10 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 4.5 tonnes.

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

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