Silutitan

Silk Road titan

• Silu · Chinese · Silk Road (from Chinese 丝路)
• titan · Greek · giant (the Titans of Greek myth)

Silutitan combines the Chinese "Silu", meaning Silk Road, with "titan", the giant gods of Greek myth that are often used to name huge sauropods. The name refers to the ancient Silk Road trade route, which passed through the region of northwestern China where the fossils were found. The single named species is Silutitan sinensis.

Year named

2021

Period

Early Cretaceous</period> <parameter name="location">Gansu Province, northwestern China

A long-necked sauropod, usually described as a titanosauriform. I am less sure of the authorship, the exact formation and the stage, so I have left those blank.