Jiutaisaurus
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Jiutaisaurus is the name given to a newly-described genus of dinosaur from the Quantou Formation of China. Jiutaisaurus was a sauropod which lived during the Cretaceous. The type species, Jiutaisaurus xidiensis, was described by Wu et al in 2006, and is based on eighteen vertebrae.