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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 were discovered in [[Jianchang County]], Western [[Liaoning Province]], [[China]], from a formation belonging to the [[Jehol group]] and dating 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 were discovered in [[Jianchang County]], Western [[Liaoning Province]], [[China]], from a formation belonging to the [[Jehol group]] and dating 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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The [[holotype]] consists of an incomplete skeleton preserving a partial skull and mandible, partial presacral vertebrae, proximal–middle caudal vertebrae, nearly complete right scapula, both humeri, the proximal end of the left ulna, partial pubes, both ischia, both femora, the right tibia and fibula and pes, as well as impressions of long, singular and unbranched filamentous integumentary structures. |
The [[holotype]] consists of an incomplete skeleton preserving a partial skull and mandible, partial presacral vertebrae, proximal–middle caudal vertebrae, nearly complete right scapula, both humeri, the proximal end of the left ulna, partial pubes, both ischia, both femora, the right tibia and fibula and pes, as well as impressions of long, singular and unbranched filamentous integumentary structures. The holotype is from a subadult individual that probably measured 70 cm in length based on the proportions of the South African related genus ''[[Heterodontosaurus]]''. |
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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 dinosaur known to have a row of long filamentous integumentary structures on its back. The only species is T. confuciusi whose remains were discovered in Jianchang County, Western Liaoning Province, China, from a formation belonging to the Jehol group and dating from the Early Cretaceous.[1]
The holotype consists of an incomplete skeleton preserving a partial skull and mandible, partial presacral vertebrae, proximal–middle caudal vertebrae, nearly complete right scapula, both humeri, the proximal end of the left ulna, partial pubes, both ischia, both femora, the right tibia and fibula and pes, as well as impressions of long, singular and unbranched filamentous integumentary structures. The holotype is from a subadult individual that probably measured 70 cm in length based on the proportions of the South African related genus Heterodontosaurus.
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.
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