Jiangxititan

O nome significa: “Jiangxi titan”1

Comía: PlantasPescozos longosCretáceo Superior

Jiangxititan was a giant, long-necked plant-eater that lived in southern China near the end of the dinosaur age. It had a very flat neck and front back bones, and its neck spines were split into two wide branches.3 1 2

Viviu

hai entre 72 e 66 millóns de anos3

Cretáceo Superior

Fósiles atopados en

Tankou Town, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, southern China3 1

Velocidade máxima

uns 15 km/h (9 mph)

Correr, estimación

Cando viviu?

Triásico

Xurásico

Cretáceo

Hai 252 millóns de anos20114566, o asteroide

Que velocidade alcanzaba?

Unha persoa camiñando uns 5 km/h (3 mph)

Un neno en bici uns 12 km/h (7 mph)

Jiangxititan uns 15 km/h (9 mph)

Un cabalo ao galope uns 65 km/h (40 mph)

Un guepardo uns 100 km/h (62 mph)

cousas xeniais

Datos curiosos

Jiangxititan is known from only seven back bones (three neck and four chest vertebrae) with ribs attached.1

Its neck and front chest bones were very flat from top to bottom, which is unusual for sauropods.2

The neural spines on its neck and front back bones were deeply split into two branches, making a V shape.2

Jiangxititan lived alongside another sauropod called Gannansaurus, but Gannansaurus was from a much older lineage.2

Scientists disagree about Jiangxititan's family tree: some say it was a true titanosaur, others think it was a more primitive somphospondylan.1

Imaxe de Jiangxititan feita con IA — Unha imaxe feita con IA de como podería ser Jiangxititan, creada por un ordenador a partir do que saben os científicos. É unha suposición: o animal real podía ser diferente, e ninguén sabe as súas cores de verdade.

ti preguntaches

As preguntas máis frecuentes sobre Jiangxititan

?How big was Jiangxititan?

Nobody knows for sure because only seven back bones have been found. It was a giant sauropod, but its exact size is not known.1

?What did Jiangxititan eat?

It was a plant-eater, like all sauropods. It used its long neck to reach leaves and ferns.1

?When did Jiangxititan live?

It lived near the very end of the dinosaur age, during the Late Cretaceous period, about 72 to 66 million years ago.1

?Is Jiangxititan a dinosaur?

Yes, it is a dinosaur. It is a type of sauropod, a long-necked plant-eating dinosaur.1

Para expertos en dinos

Nome científico: Jiangxititan
Bautizado por: Mo et al. 20233
Grupo: Pescozos longos
Familia / clado: Somphospondyli3
Clasificación: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Macronaria3
Idade das rochas: de 72 a 66 millóns de anos (Maastrichtian)3
Países: China3
Rexistros fósiles: 1 na Paleobiology Database3
Descubrimento: Jiangxititan was named in 2023 by paleontologists Mo, Fu, Yu and Xu based on fossils found near Tankou Town in Jiangxi Province, China.3 1
Aínda en debate: Scientists are still debating whether Jiangxititan was a true titanosaur or a more primitive somphospondylan dinosaur.1

De onde veñen os datos

Jiangxititan (en.wikipedia.org)
A New Titanosaurian Sauropod from the Upper Cretaceous of Jiangxi Province, Southern China (ingentaconnect.com)
Jiangxititan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): idade, lugares, formacións rochosas, clasificación.

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