Dongbeititan

northeastern giant (Titan of the northeast)

• Dongbei · Chinese (Mandarin) · northeast (the northeastern region of China)
• titan · Greek · giant (a Titan of Greek myth)

The name combines the Chinese word "Dongbei", meaning northeast, with the Greek "titan", a giant. It refers to the region of northeastern China where the fossils were found and to the animal's large size as a sauropod. The type species is Dongbeititan dengi.

Named by

Wang et al.

Year named

2007

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Yixian Formation (Jehol Group), Liaoning Province, China

A long-necked sauropod, generally regarded as an early titanosauriform. It was one of the first sauropods described from the Jehol Biota of northeastern China. I have left out the exact geologic stages because I am not certain of them.