Changmiania
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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
125 million years ago
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