Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Heterodontosauridae
Tianyulong Tianyulong confuciusi Zheng et al. 2009
/tjˈænjuːlˌɔŋ/
estimated
Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) · 168.2–152.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Liaoning
Formation
Tiaojishan
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Tianyulong confuciusi is a dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 168.2–152.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Liaoning, China. 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%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tianyulong confuciusi sits in deep time
Tianyulong
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tianyulong confuciusi'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.