Datonglong
Name:
Datonglong
(Datong dragon).
Phonetic: Da-tang-long.
Named By: Xu Shichao, You Hailu, Wang Jiawei,
Wang Suozhu, Yi Jian, & Jia Lei - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauroidea.
Species: D. tianzhenensis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: China - Huiquanpu Formation.
Time period: Cenomanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Lower jaw with teeth.
Datonglong
is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived in China during the late
Cretaceous. Unfortunately not much is known about this genus because
only a jaw is known, however the teeth are noted as attaining
lengths of up to five and a half centimetres.
Datonglong
should not be confused with the predatory dinosaur Datanglong.
Further reading
- A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen,
Shanxi Province, China. - Vertebrata PalAsiatica
54(1):67-78. - Xu Shichao, You Hailu, Wang Jiawei, Wang
Suozhu, Yi Jian, & Jia Lei - 2016.
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