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'''''Tianyulong''''' (from the [[Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature]] where the holotype is housed) is a genus of heterodontosaurid known to have a row of dinosaur feathers on its back. The only species is ''T. confuciusi'' whose remains have been discovery in the [[Jianchang County]], Western [[Liaoning Province]], China and is dated from the Early Cretaceous. |
'''''Tianyulong''''' (from the [[Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature]] where the holotype is housed) is a genus of heterodontosaurid known to have a row of dinosaur feathers on its back. The only species is ''T. confuciusi'' whose remains have been discovery in the [[Jianchang County]], Western [[Liaoning Province]], China and is dated from the Early Cretaceous.<ref name="zheng2009">Zheng, X-.T.,H.-L. You, X. Xu & Z.-M. Dong (2009). "An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentous integumentary structures." ''Nature'', 458, pp. 333-336.</ref> |
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Tianyulong Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Tianyulong (from the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature where the holotype is housed) is a genus of heterodontosaurid known to have a row of dinosaur feathers on its back. The only species is T. confuciusi whose remains have been discovery in the Jianchang County, Western Liaoning Province, China and is dated from the Early Cretaceous.[1]
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Tianyulong - a fuzzy dinosaur that makes the origin of feathers fuzzier
- ^ Zheng, X-.T.,H.-L. You, X. Xu & Z.-M. Dong (2009). "An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentous integumentary structures." Nature, 458, pp. 333-336.