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It was a very large dinosaur, similar to both ''[[Euhelopus]]'' and ''[[Huanghetitan]]'', with an enormously long neck.<ref>http://dinogami.smugmug.com/Travel/Dinosaurs-Along-The-Silk-2/8814579_u2jLY#583746852_JEN8b Reconstructing the skeleton of ''Daxiatitan''</ref>
It was a very large dinosaur, similar to both ''[[Euhelopus]]'' and ''[[Huanghetitan]]'', with an enormously long neck.<ref>http://dinogami.smugmug.com/Travel/Dinosaurs-Along-The-Silk-2/8814579_u2jLY#583746852_JEN8b Reconstructing the skeleton of ''Daxiatitan''</ref>

==Size==
* Length 32 m (105 feet)
* Weight 50 tons (metric tons)


==References==
==References==

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Daxiatitan
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous
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Daxiatitan

You et al., 2008
Species
  • D. binglingi You et al., 2008 (type)

Daxiatitan is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Lanzhou Basin, Gansu Province, northwestern China. It is known from fossils including several neck vertebrae, a shoulder blade, and a thigh bone.[1]

It was a very large dinosaur, similar to both Euhelopus and Huanghetitan, with an enormously long neck.[2]

References

  1. ^ You, H.-L. (2008). "Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China". Gansu Geology. 17 (4): 1–10. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ http://dinogami.smugmug.com/Travel/Dinosaurs-Along-The-Silk-2/8814579_u2jLY#583746852_JEN8b Reconstructing the skeleton of Daxiatitan