Xinjiangtitan

Xinjiang giant (Xinjiang titan)

• Xinjiang · Chinese (place name) · the Xinjiang region of northwestern China
• Titan · Greek · giant, one of the Titans of Greek myth

The name combines Xinjiang, the northwestern Chinese region where the fossil was found, with the Greek "Titan", the giant gods of Greek myth. It refers to the animal's huge size: it was a very long-necked sauropod, and its neck alone was around 15 metres long. The type species is X. shenmi, and "shenmi" means "mysterious" in Chinese.

Named by

Wu et al.

Year named

2013

Period

Middle Jurassic

Found in

Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China

A large sauropod, usually regarded as a mamenchisaurid, from the Jurassic of China. Its exact age and formation are not given here because the sources I can recall disagree. Check the original description before citing them.