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Tianyulong
Herbivore
There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.
Who lived alongside it
Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Tianyulong (Tiaojishan), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.
Anchiornis
Jurassic
Aurornis
Jurassic
Caihong
Jurassic
Eosinopteryx
Jurassic
Epidendrosaurus
Jurassic
Epidexipteryx
Jurassic
Pedopenna
Jurassic
Pulaosaurus
Jurassic
Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.
Scientific details
- Classification
- Ornithischian (bird-hipped)
- Family
- Heterodontosauridae
- When it lived
- 152.21–168.2 million years ago
- Geologic stages
- Bathonian – Kimmeridgian
- Named by
- Zheng et al., 2009
- Fossil occurrences
- 1 sites
Countries with fossils
- China
Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata