Tanius

Tanius
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 72–71 Ma
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Restoration of T. sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Neornithischia
Clade: †Ornithopoda
Clade: †Hadrosauromorpha
Genus: †Tanius
Wiman, 1929
Species[1]

Tanius (meaning "of Tan") is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur. It lived in the Late Cretaceous of China. The type species, named and described in 1929 by Carl Wiman, is Tanius sinensis. The generic name honours the Chinese paleontologist Tan Xichou ("H.C. Tan"). The specific epithet refers to China.[2] In 2010 Gregory S. Paul estimated the length of Tanius at 7 metres (23 ft) and its weight at 2 metric tons (2.2 short tons).[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zea17 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wiman, C (1929). "Die Kreide-Dinosaurier aus Shantung". Palaeontologia Sinica. 6 (1): 1–67.
  3. ^ Paul, G.S., 2010, The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs, p. 296