Daliansaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0979Yixian Fm., China

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

1 find

125 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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