Tanius

† Tanius is a Late Cretaceous hadrosaur from the Wangshi Formation of Shandong, China, a flat-headed or crested ornithopod. Named after the Chinese paleontologist C.C. Young (originally T'an Chung-chien), it was among the earliest hadrosaurs named from China.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Tanius was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Tanius lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100,5 to 66,0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.