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Tianyulong
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
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Tianyulong

Xiao-Ting Zheng, Hai-Lu You, Xing Xu & Zhi-Ming Dong, 2009
Species
  • T. confuciusi X.-T. Zheng, H.-L. You, X. Xu & Z.-M. Dong, 2009 (type)

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]

Reference

  1. ^ 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.

Tianyulong - a fuzzy dinosaur that makes the origin of feathers fuzzier