Dongbeititan dongi is an extinct genus of basal titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao, Liaoning, China. It is based on holotype DNHM D2867, a partial postcranial skeleton including bones from the limbs, shoulder and pelvic girdles, and vertebrae. Its describers suggested it was as a basal titanosauriform, not as derived as Gobititan or Jiutaisaurus, but more derived than Euhelopus, Fusuisaurus, and Huanghetitan. The type species is D. dongi, and it is the first named sauropod from the Yixian Formation, which is part of the well-known Jehol Group. The genus name refers to the region Dongbei and to Greek titan, "giant". The specific name honors the Chinese paleontologist Dong Zhiming. Like other sauropods, Dongbeititan would have been a large quadrupedal herbivore.
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Dongbeititan from Prehistoric Park
Dongbeititan appears in BBC's Prehistoric Park Episode 3, where a herd of nine (five males and four females) was saved by Nigel Marvin, along with Microraptor, from extinction of an ash-producing volcano, but was, coincidentally, scientifically described one year after the series released, Dongbeititan however lived at the right time period and its fossils have been found in Liaoning Province, where Dinobirds was set.
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