Tianyulong confuciusi Zheng et al. 2009 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: X.-T. Zheng, H.-L. You, X. Xu and Z.-M. Dong. 2009. An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentous integumentary structures. Nature 458:333-336

Belongs to Tianyulong according to P. C. Sereno 2012

See also Becerra et al. 2016, Becerra and Ramírez 2018, Dieudonné et al. 2020, Han et al. 2012, Hübner 2016, Madzia et al. 2018, Zheng et al. 2012 and Zheng et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: STMN 26-3, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton preserving partial skul and mandible and filamentous integumentary structures). Its type locality is Daxishan, Linglongta, which is in a Bathonian/Kimmeridgian lacustrine sandstone/mudstone in the Tiaojishan Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Daxishan, Linglongta

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