Changmiania

Field photograph to come

DV-1097Yixian Fm., China

Changmiania

DV-1097

Lived
126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
Found in
China
Named by
Yang et al. 2020

Field notes

About Changmiania

Changmiania was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Changmiania, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Yang et al. in 2020.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Thescelosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. Yang, W. Wu, and P.-E. Dieudonné, P. Godefroit. 2020. A new basal ornithopod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China. PeerJ 8:e9832:1-44