Xinjiangtitan
Xinjiangtitan was a gigantic, long-necked plant-eater that lived in what is now China. Its neck was the longest complete neck ever found on any animal, stretching almost 15 metres (49 feet). It was one of the longest dinosaurs ever discovered, as long as a blue whale!1
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E ne e le kgolo hakae?
E ne e le telele hakae?
E ne e phahame hakae?
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E ne e le boima hakae?
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Xinjiangtitan's neck had 18 vertebrae and was nearly 15 metres (49 feet) long, the longest complete neck of any known animal.1
Its thigh bone (femur) was 1.65 metres (5.4 feet) long, taller than most adult humans.1
The backbone of Xinjiangtitan is one of the most complete vertebral columns ever found for a sauropod in Asia.1
Xinjiangtitan lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 164 million years ago.1
Scientists think Xinjiangtitan weighed up to 40 metric tons (44 short tons), as much as a herd of elephants.1
Xinjiangtitan had some features similar to diplodocid dinosaurs, like a short hind limb and a special bump on its pubis bone.1

Dipotso tse botswang haholo ka Xinjiangtitan
?How big was Xinjiangtitan?
Xinjiangtitan was one of the longest known sauropods, measuring 30 to 32 metres (98 to 105 ft) long and weighing up to 40 metric tons (44 short tons).1
?What did Xinjiangtitan eat?
Xinjiangtitan was a plant-eater. Its long neck helped it reach lots of food without moving much.13
?When did Xinjiangtitan live?
Xinjiangtitan lived during the Middle Jurassic period, about 164 million years ago.1
?Where was Xinjiangtitan found?
Xinjiangtitan was discovered in Xinjiang, northwestern China, in the Qiketai Formation.1
?Is Xinjiangtitan a dinosaur?
Yes, Xinjiangtitan is a dinosaur. It is a mamenchisaurid sauropod.1
?How many neck bones did Xinjiangtitan have?
Xinjiangtitan had 18 neck vertebrae, and its neck was nearly 15 metres (49 ft) long, the longest complete neck of any animal.1
Mosenyi wa ditshomo
Tshomo: Xinjiangtitan is sometimes called the 'Chinese dragon' because of its long neck.
Nnete: Xinjiangtitan was a real dinosaur, not a mythical dragon. Its long neck was used for feeding, not for flying or breathing fire.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa didinosaure
- Lebitso la saense
- Xinjiangtitan
- E rehilwe ke
- Wu et al. 20134
- Sehlopha
- Melala e melelele
- Lelapa / leloko
- Mamenchisauridae4
- Tlhophiso
- Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda4
- Dilemo tsa mafika
- dilemo tse dimilione tse 168 ho isa ho 143 (Bathonian / Tithonian)4
- Dibopeho tsa mafika
- Qiketai4
- Dinaha
- Tjhaena4
- Direkoto tsa difosili
- 1 ho The Paleobiology Database4
- Ho sibollwa
- Xinjiangtitan was discovered in 2012 by a joint expedition from Jilin University, Shenyang Normal University, and the Xinjiang Geological Survey Institute. It was named in 2013 by Wu Wen-hao, Zhou Chang-fu, Oliver Wings, Toru Sekiya, and Dong Zhiming.1
- E sa ntse e phehwa kgang
- Scientists still debate whether the species name should be spelled 'shanshanesis' or 'shanshanensis', and whether the fossils come from the Middle Jurassic Qiketai Formation or the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation.12
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Xinjiangtitan (en.wikipedia.org)
- Xinjiangtitan, new mamenchisaurid sauropod from Middle Jurassic of China (free pdf) (dml.reptilis.net)
- Longest ever necked dinosaur discovered in China | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Xinjiangtitan in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): dilemo, dibaka, dibopeho tsa mafika, tlhophiso.
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