Dongbeititan
Dongbeititan was a huge, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now northeastern China. It was one of the first sauropod dinosaurs ever found in the famous Jehol Group, a place known for amazing fossils like feathered dinosaurs.12
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Dongbeititan is the first named sauropod dinosaur from the Yixian Formation, part of the famous Jehol Group.12
Its bones were found in a valley between Libalang and Er Valleys, about 5 km northwest of the Sihetun Fossil Museum.1
The species name dongi honors Chinese paleontologist Dong Zhiming for his work on Chinese dinosaurs.1
Dongbeititan had a camellate internal structure in its presacral vertebrae, meaning the bones were filled with tiny air spaces like a sponge.2
Scientists found a tooth of the predatory dinosaur Sinocalliopteryx embedded in one of Dongbeititan's ribs, showing it was scavenged or attacked.1
Most asked questions about Dongbeititan
?How big was Dongbeititan?
About 15 metres long and weighed around 7 tonnes. That is as long as a large bus.1
?What did Dongbeititan eat?
It was a plant-eater. Like other sauropods, it ate leaves and other plants.1
?When did Dongbeititan live?
It lived during the Early Cretaceous Period, about 125 million years ago.1
?Where was Dongbeititan found?
Its fossils were found in northeastern China, in Liaoning Province, near the town of Beipiao.1
?Did Dongbeititan have predators?
Yes. A tooth from the predatory dinosaur Sinocalliopteryx was found stuck in one of its ribs, showing it was attacked or scavenged.1
?Is Dongbeititan a dinosaur?
Yes, it is a sauropod dinosaur, a long-necked plant-eater.1
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- Scientific name
- Dongbeititan
- Named by
- Wang et al. 20074
- Group
- Long-necks
- Family / clade
- Somphospondyli4
- Classification
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria4
- Age of the rocks
- 126 to 120 million years (Barremian / Aptian)4
- Rock formations
- Yixian4
- Countries
- China4
- Fossil records
- 1 in the Paleobiology Database4
- Discovery
- Dongbeititan was named in 2007 by Wang Xuri and colleagues based on a partial skeleton found in the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. The fossils were collected by the Dalian Natural History Museum.12
- Still debated
- Scientists are not sure exactly how big Dongbeititan grew because only a partial skeleton has been found.31
Where the facts come from
- Dongbeititan (en.wikipedia.org)
- Dongbeititan dongi , the First Sauropod Dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Jehol Group of Western Liaoning Province, China (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- PBDB Taxon (paleobiodb.org)
- Dongbeititan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.
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