Datai
Field photograph to come
Datai
DV-1232 · type species Datai yingliangis
- Lived
- 94 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xing et al. 2024
Field notes
About Datai
Datai was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 86 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Datai, from China. Its fossils come from the Zhoutian Formation. It was named by Xing et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. Xing, K. Niu, and J. Mallon, T. Miyashita. 2024. A new armored dinosaur with double cheek horns from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern China. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Paleontology 11:113-132