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armored dinosaur
Datai
Say it like this: “DAH-tai”
Datai yingliangis
Datai ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2024 · Xing, L.; Niu, K.; Mallon, J.; Miyashita, T.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Zhoutian
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosaurinae
The story in short
Datai was formally named in 2024 by L. Xing and colleagues. The name means “to understand.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Zhoutian Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Datai are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Ankylosaurinae, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Akainacephalus
Akainacephalus johnsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ankylosaurus
Ankylosaurus magniventris
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Anodontosaurus
Anodontosaurus lambei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago