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Tianyulong; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Ornithischia
Family:	Heterodontosauridae
Genus:	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);

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Tianyulong (from the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature where the holotype is housed) is a genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur known to have a row of long filamentous integumentary structures 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

^ 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

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[zheng2009-1] 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.

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 *''T. confuciusi'' <small>X.-T. Zheng, H.-L. You, X. Xu & Z.-M. Dong, 2009 ([[type species|type]])</small>
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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.<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>
+'''''Tianyulong''''' (from the [[Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature]] where the holotype is housed) is a genus of [[heterodontosaurid]] dinosaur known to have a row of long filamentous integumentary structures 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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