Zhanghenglong

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DV-0912Majiacun Fm., China

Zhanghenglong

DV-0912 · type species Zhanghenglong yangchengensis

Lived
86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
China
Named by
Xing et al. 2014

Field notes

About Zhanghenglong

Zhanghenglong was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zhanghenglong, from China. Its fossils come from the Majiacun Formation. It was named by Xing et al. in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Hadrosauroidea.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Xing, D. -Y. Wang, and F.-L. Han, C. Sullivan, Q.-Y. Ma, Y.-M. He, D. W. E. Hone, R.-H. Yan, F.-M. Du, X. Xu. 2014. A new basal hadrosauroid dinosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) with transitional features from the Late Cretaceous of Henan Province, China. PLoS One 9(6): e98821