{"id":324457,"date":"2021-08-13T20:19:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/two-giant-new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-china\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T20:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:19:17","slug":"two-giant-new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/two-giant-new-dinosaur-species-discovered-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"#Two giant new dinosaur species discovered in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Two giant new dinosaur species discovered in China<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>There\u2019s a new day dawning for dinosaurs.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have discovered two giant new dinosaur species in northwest China \u2014 a region where dinosaur fossils had never previously been found \u2014 according to a study released Thursday in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-021-94273-7\">Scientific Reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, a number of fossils were unearthed from China\u2019s Turpan-Hami Basin in Xinjiang and were comprised of flying pterosaurs, preserved eggs, embryos and fossil fragments of spinal vertebrae and rib cages. <\/p>\n<p>Three of the fossils \u2014 dating to about 120 million to 130 million years old, from the early Cretaceous period \u2014 were initially a mystery to scientists. However, researchers from the Chinese Academy of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s and the National Museum of Brazil were able to determine that two of those belonged to previously unknown species:\u00a0Silutitan sinensis\u00a0and\u00a0Hamititan xinjiangensis. <\/p>\n<p>Both names mention the Greek word \u201ctitan\u201d in reference to their giant size, and the dinosaurs are part of the sauropod family, the largest animals to ever walk the earth and known for being herbivorous and having long necks and tails.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"969\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=969\" alt=\"Researchers were able to determine that two of those fossils belonged to previously unknown species: Silutitan sinensis and Hamititan xinjiangensis.\" class=\"wp-image-19121076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1938 1938w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1454 1453w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=969 969w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=485 484w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-23.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\"\/><figcaption>Researchers were able to determine that two of those fossils belonged to previously unknown species: Silutitan sinensis and Hamititan xinjiangensis.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Xiaolin Wang et al.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Silutitan species is estimated to be over 20 meters (65.6 feet) long. It takes its name from the Silk Road \u2014 or \u201csilu\u201d in Mandarin. The dinosaur\u2019s neck vertebrae led researchers to believe that it belonged to a family of sauropods called Euhelopodidae, which have only been found in East Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamititan specimen was 17 meters (55.77 feet) long, with a name related to where the species was discovered \u2014 Xinjiang. The species had similar characteristics to the sauropods of South America, according to researchers, which begged the unanswered question: How did dinosaurs from South America end up in China?<\/p>\n<p>The dinosaurs are thus almost as large as blue whales, which are about 23 to 30 meters (75 to 98 feet) long.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-20-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The dinosaurs are thus almost as large as blue whales, which are about 23 to 30 meters (75 to 98 feet).\" class=\"wp-image-19121097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-20-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-20-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-20-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The dinosaurs are thus almost as large as blue whales, which are about 23 to 30 meters (75 to 98 feet) long.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Maur\u00edlio Oliveira<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The third specimen, which was not a new species, may have been from a somphospondylan sauropod, which lived from the late Jurassic to the late Cretaceous period.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBesides the pterosaur\u00a0Hamipterus\u00a0and one theropod tooth<strong><em>,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0these dinosaurs are the first vertebrates reported in this region, increasing the diversity of the fauna as well as the information on Chinese sauropods,\u201d the researchers wrote in the study.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, scientists discovered the remains of a tiny winged creature with wide eyes and a goofy grin in China\u2019s Hubei Province. The new species of pterosaur was found fossilized and crushed in a rock dating back 160 million years ago. The world\u2019s first dinosaur fossil found sitting on a nest of eggs was also uncovered in China in Ganzhou back in March. The skeletal remains belonged to an oviraptorosaur \u2014 a bird-like beast that roamed the Earth more than 66 million years ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Both dinosaurs are part of the sauropod family, known for being herbivorous and having long necks and tails.\" class=\"wp-image-19121111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/dinosaurs-22.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Both dinosaurs are part of the sauropod family, known for being herbivorous and having long necks and tails.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Xiaolin Wang et al.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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