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Tanius Tanius sinensis Wiman 1929
/tˈænɪəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 89.8–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Shandong
Formations
Jiangjunding · Jingangkou
Dig sites
3
distinct collections
Overview
Tanius sinensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Shandong, China. It was named by Wiman 1929. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tanius sinensis sits in deep time
Tanius
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tanius sinensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.