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Tongtianlong

Tur bi mooy: “Tongtianyan dragon, also meaning road to heaven dragon”12
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Tongtianlong was a sheep-sized, feathered dinosaur that looked a bit like a bird. It had a dome-shaped crest on its head and a toothless beak. This dinosaur lived in what is now southern China, right at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.12

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am na 72 ba 66 milyoŋ at4
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Ganzhou area, Jiangxi Province, southern China12
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lu tollu ci 43 km/h (27 mph)
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Am na 252 milyoŋ at20114566, asteroyid bi

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1

Tongtianlong was discovered during the construction of a high school. Workers used TNT blasting, which destroyed parts of the fossil, including some arm and leg bones.1

2

The fossil was found in a very unusual pose: its head was raised and its arms were splayed out to the sides. Scientists think it may have died while stuck in mud, trying to free itself.12

3

Tongtianlong had a dome-shaped skull crest, with the highest point just behind its eye socket. This made it different from other oviraptorids.12

4

It was a bird-like theropod dinosaur, covered in feathers. Oviraptorids like Tongtianlong are some of the most bird-like dinosaurs known.12

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Tongtianlong is one of six different oviraptorosaur dinosaurs found in the same area of southern China. This shows that these dinosaurs were very diverse near the end of the Cretaceous.2

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The name Tongtianlong means 'road to heaven dragon', which scientists thought was a fitting name for a dinosaur found with its arms reaching upward.12

Def ak IANataalu Tongtianlong bu ñu def ak IA
Nataal bu IA def la, muy wone ni Tongtianlong mën a meloon, ordinatëer moo ko def ci li boroom xam-xam yi xam. Jortu kese la: rab bi ci dëgg mën na meloon neneen, te kenn xamul ay kulëëram yu dëgg.
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Laaj yi ñu gën a laaj ci Tongtianlong

?How big was Tongtianlong?

It was about 1 meter long, similar in size to a large sheep or small donkey.3

?Did Tongtianlong have feathers?

Yes, Tongtianlong was a feathered dinosaur. It belonged to a group of bird-like theropods called oviraptorids.13

?What did Tongtianlong eat?

It was omnivorous, meaning it ate both plants and meat. It had a toothless beak, so it likely ate small animals, eggs, and plants.1

?When did Tongtianlong live?

It lived about 66 to 72 million years ago, during the very end of the Cretaceous Period, right before the mass extinction that killed the large dinosaurs.3

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Tongtianlong
Ku ko tudde
Lü et al. 20164
Kurél
Dino yu am dun yu doy waar
Njaboot / klad
Oviraptoridae4
Klasifikasiyoŋ
Theropoda > Oviraptorosauria4
Màggaayu doj yi
72 ba 66 milyoŋ at (Maastrichtian)4
Formasiyoŋi doj
Hekou4
Réew yi
Siin4
Fosil yu ñu gis
1 ci The Paleobiology Database4
Gisees
Tongtianlong was named in 2016 by Lü Junchang and colleagues. The only known fossil was found by workers blasting rock for a new high school in Ganxian District, Jiangxi Province, China.12
Ñu ngi koy werante ba tey
Scientists are not sure exactly what Tongtianlong ate. It may have eaten eggs, plants, shellfish, or nuts, but more evidence is needed.2

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Tongtianlong (en.wikipedia.org)
  2. A Late Cretaceous diversification of Asian oviraptorid dinosaurs: evidence from a new species preserved in an unusual posture | Scientific Reports (preview-www.nature.com)
  3. 'Mud Dragon' Dinosaur Unearthed—By Dynamite | National Geographic (nationalgeographic.com)
  4. Tongtianlong in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): at, béréb yi, formasiyoŋi doj, klasifikasiyoŋ.

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