Datonglong tianzhensis
Source: By José Carlos Cortés on @ryuukibart
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Name: Datonglong tianzhensis
Name Meaning: Datong Dragon
First Described: 2016
Described By: Xu et al.
Classification: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Ornithopoda, Iguanodontia, Dryomorpha, Ankylopollexia, Styracosterna, Hadrosauriformes, Hadrosauroidea
Datonglong is a Hadrosauroid recently described, and thus we get it in an interesting place in the schedule of this blog! It was found in Kangdailiang Quarry, Tianzhen County, Datong City, Shanxi Province, China, a part of the Huiquanpu Formation. It dates back to around 95 to 80 million years ago, from the Cenomanian to Campanian ages of the Late Cretaceous. It is known from an almost complete jaw, however, not many other skeletal components are known. Furthermore, it is placed in Hadrosauroidea, however, a proper cladistic analysis of this genus has not been conducted. However, it does show the miniaturized jaw teeth characteristic of later derived Hadrosauroids and then hadrosaurids.
Source:
Xu, S. C., H. L. You, J. W. Wang, S. Z. Wang, J. Yi, L. Jia. 2016. A new hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 54(1): 67-78.
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