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Tianyulong (Chinese: 天宇龍; Pinyin:
tiānyǔlóng;
named for the
Shandong Tianyu Museum of
Nature where the
holotype fossil is housed) is an
extinct genus of...
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there is much
debate over
whether these filaments found in
specimens of
Tianyulong, Psittacosaurus, and
Kulindadromeus may have been
primitive feathers....
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found preserved with long
filaments on the tail,
similar to
those of
Tianyulong.
Psittacosaurus probably had
complex behaviours,
based on the proportions...
- the
fragmentary remains of
Lycorhinus may
indicate a
larger individual.
Tianyulong from
China appears to
preserve filamentous integument which has been interpreted...
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possibly from even more
distantly related species such as the
ornithischian Tianyulong confuciusi and the
flying pterosaurs. Thus it
appears as if some form...
- feather-like
structures are also
known in some
ornithischian dinosaurs (like
Tianyulong and Kulindadromeus), and in pterosaurs.
Though it is
unknown whether these...
- (inferred 2008: pygostyle)
Anchiornis huxleyi (2009;
possibly avialan)
Tianyulong confuciusi? (2009)
Incisivosaurus sp. (2010)
Concavenator corcovatus?...
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structures present in
ornithischian dinosaurs, such as
Psittacosaurus and
Tianyulong, to
feathers in
theropod dinosaurs and
their descendants, birds. Two clades...
- only 65 to 75 cm (26 to 30 in).
Following the
description of the
related Tianyulong in 2009,
which was
preserved with
hundreds of long,
filamentous integuments...
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smallest known dinosaurs,
outside of birds.
Known material of
Echinodon and
Tianyulong,
related heterodontosaurids,
comes from similar-sized individuals, but...
