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'''''Daxiatitan''''' is a [[genus]] of [[titanosauriform]] [[dinosaur]] from the Lower [[Cretaceous]] of [[Lanzhou Basin]], [[Gansu Province]], northwestern [[China]]. It is known from [[fossil]]s including several neck [[vertebra]]e, a [[scapula|shoulder blade]], and a [[femur|thigh bone]].<ref name=Youetal08>{{cite journal |last=You |first=H.-L. |coauthors=Li, D.-Q.; Zhou, L.-Q.; and Ji, Q |year=2008 |title=''Daxiatitan binglingi'': a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Gansu Geology |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=1–10}}</ref> |
'''''Daxiatitan''''' is a [[genus]] of [[titanosauriform]] [[dinosaur]] from the Lower [[Cretaceous]] of [[Lanzhou Basin]], [[Gansu Province]], northwestern [[China]]. It is known from [[fossil]]s including several neck [[vertebra]]e, a [[scapula|shoulder blade]], and a [[femur|thigh bone]].<ref name=Youetal08>{{cite journal |last=You |first=H.-L. |coauthors=Li, D.-Q.; Zhou, L.-Q.; and Ji, Q |year=2008 |title=''Daxiatitan binglingi'': a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Gansu Geology |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=1–10}}</ref> |
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It was a very large dinosaur, up to 30 meters (100 feet) long.<ref name=Youetal08>{{cite journal |last=You |first=H.-L. |coauthors=Li, D.-Q.; Zhou, L.-Q.; and Ji, Q |year=2008 |title=''Daxiatitan binglingi'': a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Gansu Geology |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=1–10}}</ref> Like |
It was a very large dinosaur, up to 30 meters (100 feet) long.<ref name=Youetal08>{{cite journal |last=You |first=H.-L. |coauthors=Li, D.-Q.; Zhou, L.-Q.; and Ji, Q |year=2008 |title=''Daxiatitan binglingi'': a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China |journal=Gansu Geology |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=1–10}}</ref> Like both ''[[Euhelopus]]'' and ''[[Huanghetitan]]'', it had 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> |
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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, up to 30 meters (100 feet) long.[1] Like both Euhelopus and Huanghetitan, it had an enormously long neck.[2]
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- ^ a b You, H.-L. (2008). "Daxiatitan binglingi: a giant sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China". Gansu Geology. 17 (4): 1–10.
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