Taohelong
Field photograph to come
Taohelong
DV-0869
- Lived
- 126 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Nodosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Yang et al. 2013
Field notes
About Taohelong
Taohelong was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 113 million years ago. It belongs to the family Nodosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Taohelong, from China. Its fossils come from the 5 Formation. It was named by Yang et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Nodosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J.-T. Yang, H.-L. You, and D.-Q. Li, D.-L. Kong. 2013. [First discovery of polacanthine ankylosaur dinosaur in Asia]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 51(4):265-277