Scientists have pieced together fossils found in a southeastern region of China to characterise a 100 million-year-old creature.
Titanosaur Fossils found in China have allowed paleontologists to bring to life a dinosaur that roamed more than 100 million years ago.
The plant-eating sauropod was present in Asia during the early Crestaceous period and the find gives insight into the 'Titan' species.
Members of the group Titanosauria were among the largest creatures to ever walk the earth.
The species - Yongjinglong datangi - is around 50 to 60 feet long meaning it was a medium-sized juvenile Titanosaur.
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This discovery was made in the southeastern Lanzhou-Minhe Basin of China's Gansu Province.
Within the last decade, two other Titanosaurs from the same period, Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis and Daxiatitan binglingi were found in a valley just one kilometre from the latest find.
Doctoral student Liguo Li and Professor Peter Dodson, who has had an ancient species of frog named after him, led the work.
Titanosaur Fossils found in China have allowed paleontologists to bring to life a dinosaur that roamed more than 100 million years ago.
The plant-eating sauropod was present in Asia during the early Crestaceous period and the find gives insight into the 'Titan' species.
Members of the group Titanosauria were among the largest creatures to ever walk the earth.
The species - Yongjinglong datangi - is around 50 to 60 feet long meaning it was a medium-sized juvenile Titanosaur.
See more pictures below........
This discovery was made in the southeastern Lanzhou-Minhe Basin of China's Gansu Province.
Within the last decade, two other Titanosaurs from the same period, Huanghetitan liujiaxiaensis and Daxiatitan binglingi were found in a valley just one kilometre from the latest find.
Doctoral student Liguo Li and Professor Peter Dodson, who has had an ancient species of frog named after him, led the work.
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