Gobititan

Gobi titan

• Gobi · Mongolian · desert (the Gobi Desert region)
• titan · Greek · Titan, a giant of Greek mythology

Gobititan is named after the Gobi region, the desert area of northern China and Mongolia where the fossils were found, combined with the Greek "Titan", the giant gods of Greek myth. The name is used for a large, long-necked sauropod and means "Gobi giant". It was found in the Mazongshan area of Gansu Province, in the Gobi region of northwestern China.

Named by

You, Tang and Luo

Year named

2003

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Xiagou Formation, Mazongshan area, Gansu Province, China

A titanosauriform sauropod. The type and only species is Gobititan shenzhouensis. The exact stage is approximate, as the age of the Xiagou Formation has been given as Aptian, with some sources extending it into the Albian.