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armored dinosaur
Tianzhenosaurus
Say it like this: “TYEN-juhn-o-SOR-us”
Tianzhenosaurus youngi
Tianzhenosaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 1998 · Pang, Q.; Cheng, Z.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Huiquanpu
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosaurinae
The story in short
The genus Tianzhenosaurus dates to 1998, the year Q. Pang and Z. Cheng described it. The name means “tianzhen lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Huiquanpu Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
The fossils of Tianzhenosaurus 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.
This entry is the whole genus. The type species is Tianzhenosaurus youngi. Other named species include Tianzhenosaurus chengi.
Other species with this name
- Tianzhenosaurus youngi
- Tianzhenosaurus chengi
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