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Tianyulong
''Tianyulong'' (Chinese: 天宇龍; Pinyin: ''tiānyǔlóng''; named for the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature where the holotype fossil is housed) is an extinct genus of heterodontosaurid ornithischian dinosaur. The only species is ''T. confuciusi,'' whose remains were discovered in Jianchang County, Western Liaoning Province, China. History The holotype of ''Tianyulong'', STMN 26-3 was initially reported as being from the Early Cretaceous Jehol group. The fossil was collected at a locality transliterated as Linglengta or Linglongta. Lu ''et al.'', 2010, reported that these beds were actually part of the Tiaojishan Formation, dating from the late Jurassic period at least 158.5 million years ago.Liu Y.-Q. Kuang H.-W., Jiang X.-J., Peng N., Xu H. & Sun H.-Y. (2012). "Timing of the earliest known feathered dinosaurs and transitional pterosaurs older than the Jehol Biota." ''Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology'' (advance online publication). Another specimen, IVPP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianyulong Holotype
''Tianyulong'' (Chinese language, Chinese: 天宇龍; Hanyu Pinyin, Pinyin: ''tiānyǔlóng''; named for the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature where the holotype fossil is housed) is an extinct genus of heterodontosaurid ornithischian dinosaur. The only species is ''T. confuciusi,'' whose remains were discovered in Jianchang County, Western Liaoning Province, China. History The holotype of ''Tianyulong'', STMN 26-3 was initially reported as being from the Early Cretaceous Jehol group. The fossil was collected at a locality transliterated as Linglengta or Linglongta. Lu ''et al.'', 2010, reported that these beds were actually part of the Tiaojishan Formation, dating from the late Jurassic period at least 158.5 million years ago.Liu Y.-Q. Kuang H.-W., Jiang X.-J., Peng N., Xu H. & Sun H.-Y. (2012). "Timing of the earliest known feathered dinosaurs and transitional pterosaurs older than the Jehol Biota." ''Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology'' (advance online publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
