Tiantaisaurus
Field photograph to come
Tiantaisaurus
DV-0834 · type species Tiantaisaurus sifengensis
- Lived
- 106 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Theropods, Therizinosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Qian et al. 2012
Field notes
About Tiantaisaurus
Tiantaisaurus was a plant-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 106 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Therizinosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tiantaisaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Laijia Formation. It was named by Qian et al. in 2012.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Therizinosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M.-p. Qian, Z.-y. Zhang, and Y. Jiang, Y.-g. Jiang, Y.-j. Zhang, R. Chen, G.-f. Xing. 2012. [Cretaceous therizinosaurs in Zhejiang of eastern China]. Journal of Geology 36(4):337-348