Xinjiangtitan shanshanesis Wu et al. 2013 (mamenchisaurid)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Mamenchisauridae

Full reference: W.-H. Wu, C.-F. Zhou, O. Wings, T. Sekiya, and Z.-M. Dong. 2013. A new gigantic sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Shanshan, Xinjiang. Global Geology 32(3):437-446

Belongs to Xinjiangtitan according to W.-H. Wu et al. 2013

See also Maisch and Matzke 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SSV12001, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Shanshan, Piqan, which is in a Bathonian/Jurassic terrestrial horizon in the Qiketai Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Shanshan, Piqan

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