DAXIATITAN BINGLINGI: A GIANT SAUROPOD DINOSAUR FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF CHINA

Abstract

A new sauropod dinosaur,Daxiatitan binglingi gen.et sp.nov.,discovered from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group of Lanzhou Basin,Gansu Province,northwestern China,is unique in having neomorphic structures in its femur,with the femoral distal condyles beveled ~10° dorsolaterally with respect to femoral shaft and the femoral distal condyles directed caudomedially-craniolaterally in distal view,implying a strongly outwardly walking style.The enormous cervical vertebrae of Daxiatitan mark it among the largest dinosaurs in China.Cladistic analysis recovers Daxiatitan as a basal titanosaurian sauropod.

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