Daliansaurus
Field photograph to come
Daliansaurus
DV-0979 · type species Daliansaurus liaoningensis
- Lived
- 126 to 120 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Shen et al. 2017
Field notes
About Daliansaurus
Daliansaurus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 120 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Daliansaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Yixian Formation. It was named by Shen et al. in 2017.
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 Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: C. Shen, J. Lü, and S. Liu, M. Kundrát, S. L. Brusatte, H. Gao. 2017. A new troodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 91(3):763-780