Daxiatitan

Daxia giant

• Daxia · Chinese (place name) · old name for the Gansu region / Daxia River area
• titan · Greek · giant

The name combines "Daxia", an old name associated with the region of Gansu Province in China where the fossils were found (and the Daxia River there), with "titan", the giants of Greek mythology. It refers to the huge size of this long-necked sauropod. The type species is Daxiatitan binglingi, named for the Bingling Temple area near the discovery site.

Named by

You et al.

Year named

2008

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Hekou Group, Lanzhou-Minhe Basin, Gansu Province, China

A valid titanosauriform sauropod known from partial skeletal remains. It is often described as one of the largest dinosaurs known from Asia. The exact stage assignment is less certain than the Early Cretaceous age.