Taohelong

Field photograph to come

DV-08695 Fm., China

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

1 find

120 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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