Chuanqilong

DV-0883 · type species Chuanqilong chaoyangensis

Lived: 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
Found in: China
Named by: Han et al. 2014

Field notes

About Chuanqilong

Chuanqilong was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Chuanqilong, from China. Its fossils come from the Jiufotang Formation. It was named by Han et al. in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Ankylosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. Han, W. Zheng, and D. Hu, X. Xu, P. M. Barrett. 2014. A new basal ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Liaoning Province, China. PLoS ONE 9(8):e104551:1-17