Gobititan

Gobititan
Temporal occurrence
	Lower Cretaceous ( Albium )
	112.9 to 100.5 million years
Locations
	China , Gansu ( Mazongshan area );
Systematics
	Dinosaur (dinosauria)
	Lizard dinosaur (Saurischia)
	Sauropodomorpha
	Sauropoda
	Titanosaurs (Titanosauria)
	Gobititan
Scientific name
	Gobititan
	You , Tang & Luo , 2003
Art
	Gobititan shenzhouensis;

Gobititan is a genus of sauropod dinosaurs from the Titanosauria group thatlivedin what is now China during the Lower Cretaceous ( Albium ).

So far, only one find is known, which consists of the connected series of 41 middle and rear caudal vertebrae and the left hind leg. The find comes from the Mazongshan area in the northwest of the Chinese province of Gansu, which is known for its wealth of fossils . Gobititan is considered a basic (original) representative of the Titanosauria. Gobititan was scientifically described in 2003 with the only species Gobititan shenzhouensis .

Gobititan is already the third very basal representative of the Titanosauria that was described from Asia - the descriptors interpret this as an indication that the origin of the Titanosauria group could be in Asia.

features

Gobititan can be distinguished from other titanosaurs based on features of the caudal vertebrae. The proximal (on the front) articular surfaces of the middle caudal vertebrae were higher than the distal (on the back). The vertebral arches were placed relatively far back on the anterior of the posterior caudal vertebrae. The rearmost caudal vertebrae were relatively short. Compared to advanced titanosaurs, gobititan exhibited a relatively high number of caudal vertebrae - a basic feature. In advanced titanosaurs, the number of tail vertebrae was reduced to fewer than 35.

Research history and naming

The only known find was recovered from the middle classes of the Xinminbao group in the summer of 1999 . The scientific description of the new species and genus followed in 2003. The name Gobititan refers to the Gobi region and the titans of Greek mythology , which alludes to the large body size. The second part of the species name, shenzhouensis , is derived from Shenzhou, an ancient name for China.

Individual evidence

^ Gregory S. Paul : The Princeton Field Guide To Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-13720-9 , p. 205, online ( memento of the original from July 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c Hailu You, Feng Tang, Zhexi Luo: A New Basal Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China. In: Acta Geologica Sinica. Vol. 77, No. 4, 2003, ISSN 1000-9515 , pp. 424-429, doi : 10.1111 / j.1755-6724.2003.tb00123.x .

[paul_10-1] Gregory S. Paul : The Princeton Field Guide To Dinosaurs. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ et al. 2010, ISBN 978-0-691-13720-9 , p. 205, online ( memento of the original from July 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2

[you_03-2] Hailu You, Feng Tang, Zhexi Luo: A New Basal Titanosaur (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of China. In: Acta Geologica Sinica. Vol. 77, No. 4, 2003, ISSN 1000-9515 , pp. 424-429, doi : 10.1111 / j.1755-6724.2003.tb00123.x .