Tanius

Pronunciation:
tahn-ee-us
Name meaning:
'[H. C.] Tan'
Tanius
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 89-66 million years ago
Found in:
China

Both skull and postcranial material has been found for this dinosaur.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae
Named by:
Wiman (1929)
Type species:
sinensis