Taohelong

Tao River dragon

• Tao He · Chinese · Tao River
• long · Chinese · dragon

The name combines the Tao He (Tao River) in Gansu Province, China, near where the fossil was found, with the Chinese word "long", meaning dragon. It was chosen to mark the river region of the discovery. The type species is Taohelong jinchengensis.

Named by

Yang et al.

Year named

2013

Period

Early Cretaceous

Found in

Hekou Group, Gansu Province, China

An armoured dinosaur (ankylosaurian) known from a partial skeleton. I am not sure of its exact geologic stage, so I left it blank.