Hamititan
Sign in to saveHamititan (meaning "Hami giant") is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Shengjinkou Formation of Xinjiang, China. It contains one species, the type species, Hamititan xinjiangensis.
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It is catalogued under topics including Dinosaur genera, Dinosaurs of China and Fossil taxa described in 2021.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Titanosauria
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- Wang, Bandeira, Qiu, Jiang, Cheng, Ma & Kellner, 2021
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Hamititan (meaning "Hami giant") is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Shengjinkou Formation of Xinjiang, China. It contains one species, the type species, Hamititan xinjiangensis.
== Discovery and naming == In 2006, a Konservat-Lagerstätte was reported from the Shengjinkou Formation in the Hami region of Xinjiang, China. This consisted of lake sediments allowing for exceptional preservation of fossils. The same year, Qiu Zhanxiang and Wang Banyue started official excavations.
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