JIANGXITITAN
a plant-eating somphospondyl sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of China.
Pronunciation: jee-AHNG-shee-TIE-tuhn
Meaning: Jiangxi Giant
Author/s: Mo
et al. (
2023)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Jiangxi, China
Acta Ordinal: #1112
Jiangxititan ganzhouensis
(Jiangxi Giant from Ganzhou)Etymology
Jiangxititan is derived from the Chinese pinyin "Jiangxi" (for Jiangxi Province) and the Greek "titan" (for the giant pre-Olympian gods of Greek mythology).
The
species epithet,
ganzhouensis (gahn-joe-EN-sis), means "from Ganzhou" in Latin.
ZooBank registry:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9AB6A0EF-87E5-4564-A197-2F7B9FC54F58.
Discovery
The remains of
Jiangxititan were discovered in the Nanxiong Formation during construction work in Tankou Town, southwest of Ganzhou City, Nankang County, Jiangxi Province, southern China. The fossil site is about five kilometres away from Longling Town, the locality of
Gannansaurus sinensis, which was previously the only sauropod recorded from this area.
The
holotype (NHMG 034062) is an articulated series of three neck and four back vertebrae, two neck ribs and three back ribs.
Preparators
Lishi Xiang from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Shaowen Xie and Qi Zhou from the Natural History Museum of Guangxi.
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian
Age range: 67-66 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
Jiangxititan
ganzhouensis
References
• Mo J-Y, Fu Q-Y, Yu Y-L and Xu X (2023) "A New Titanosaurian Sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, Southern China".
Historical Biology, 36(11): 2443-2457. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2023.2259413.
• Han F, Yang L, Lou F, Sullivan C, Xu X, Qiu W, Liu H, Yu J, Wu R, Ke Y, Xu M and Hu J (2024) "A new titanosaurian sauropod,
Gandititan cavocaudatus gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of southern China".
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 22(1): 2293038. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2293038.
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