HAMITITAN
A plant-eating titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Xinjiang, China.
Pronunciation: HA-me-TIE-tuhn
Meaning: Hami Giant
Author/s: Xiaolin Wang
et al. (
2021)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Xinjiang, China
Discovery Chart Position: #1047
Hamititan xinjiangensis
(Hami Giant from Xinjiang)Etymology
Hamititan combines "Hami" (the city where the specimen was found) and "titan" (a giant from Greek mythology).
The
species epithet,
xinjiangensis, means "from Xinjiang" in Latin.
ZooBank registry:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:FC7C98B2-B846-47C7-94FA-0513E84A9FF2.
Discovery
The remains of
Hamititan were discovered in the Shengjinkou Formation (Tugulu Group) at Hami City, Xinjiang, China, by the Hami field team of the IVPP in 2013.
The
holotype (HM V22) is a series of seven tail vertebrae and three partial chevrons. A partial theropod tooth was found amongst the remains.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Aptian
Age range: 125-112 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 17 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Xiaolin Wang, Kamila L. N. Bandeira, Rui Qiu, Shunxing Jiang, Xin Cheng, Yingxia Ma and Alexander W. A. Kellner (2021) "The first dinosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Hami Pterosaur Fauna, China".
Scientific Reports, 11: 14962. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94273-7
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