Zhanghenglong
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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
80 million years ago
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