Tongtianlong

Tongtianlong
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 66.7 Ma
Holotype skeleton of Tongtianlong limosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Oviraptoridae
Genus: Tongtianlong
et al., 2016
Species:
T. limosus
Binomial name
Tongtianlong limosus
Lü et al., 2016

Tongtianlong (meaning "Tongtianyan dragon") is a genus of oviraptorid theropod dinosaurs that lived in the late Maastrichtian epoch of the late Cretaceous period. It contains one species, T. limosus.[1]

  1. ^ Lü, J.; Chen, R.; Brusatte, S.L.; Zhu, Y.; Shen, C. (2016). "A Late Cretaceous diversification of Asian oviraptorid dinosaurs: evidence from a new species preserved in an unusual posture". Scientific Reports. 6: 35780. doi:10.1038/srep35780. PMC 5103654. PMID 27831542.

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