Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Thescelosauridae
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Yueosaurus Yueosaurus tiantaiensis Zheng et al. 2012
/jˌuːɪəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · 113.2–93.9 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
Unknown
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Zhejiang
Formation
Liangtoutang
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Yueosaurus tiantaiensis is a dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–93.9 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Zhejiang, China. It was named by Zheng et al. 2012. 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 Yueosaurus tiantaiensis sits in deep time
Yueosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Yueosaurus tiantaiensis'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.