Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Heterodontosauridae
Tianyulong
Tianyulong confuciusi Zheng et al. 2009
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · 168.2–152.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Overview
Tianyulong confuciusi is a dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 168.2–152.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Zheng et al. 2009. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tianyulong sits in deep time
Tianyulong
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tianyulong's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.