Liaoningotitan
lee-OW-ning-oh-TIE-tan /liˌaʊnɪŋoʊˈtaɪtæn/
Accepted genus
Liaoning titan
- Liaoning · Chinese (place name) · the Chinese province where the fossils were found
- o · Latin connecting vowel · joining vowel
- titan · Greek · giant, from the Titans of Greek mythology
The name combines Liaoning, the Chinese province where the fossils were found, with Titan, the giant gods of Greek myth. It points to the animal's origin and its large size as a long-necked sauropod. The type species is Liaoningotitan sinensis.
- Named by
- Zhou et al.
- Year named
- 2018
- Period
- Early Cretaceous
- Found in
- Yixian Formation, Liaoning Province, China
A titanosauriform sauropod known from the Yixian Formation, famous for its Jehol Biota fossils. Authorship and year are given from memory, so please verify them.