[D] Tanius chingkankouensis
Describer
Young, 1958
Time
Cretaceous Late Maastrichtian
Classification
Ornithischia Ornithopoda Hadrosauridae Lambeosaurinae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Wangshi Series, Shandong, China
Fall Under
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus
Info
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus (Young, 1958) >> Tanius chingkankouensis (Young, 1958) >> Tanius laiyangensis (Zheng, 1976)
Buffetaut en Tong-Buffetaut confirmed in 1993 that Tanius is a hadrosaurid and Tsintaosaurus a lambeosaurid. Tanius chingkankouensis and Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus are lambeosaurid taxa most possible referable to Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus.