Tianyulong
Field photograph to come
Tianyulong
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- Lived
- 168 to 152 million years ago, Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Heterodontosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Zheng et al. 2009
Field notes
About Tianyulong
Tianyulong was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic, 168 to 152 million years ago. It belongs to the family Heterodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tianyulong, from China. Its fossils come from the Tiaojishan Formation. It was named by Zheng et al. in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Heterodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X.-T. Zheng, H.-L. You, and X. Xu, Z.-M. Dong. 2009. An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentous integumentary structures. Nature 458:333-336