Tanius was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Shandong (China).
Quick facts about Tanius:
- Existed from Coniacian Age to Campanian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 5 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Tanius was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- C.-C. Young. 1958. The dinosaurian remains of Laiyang, Shantung. Palaeontologia Sinica, New Series C, Whole Number 42(16):1-138
- H. C. T'an. 1923. New research on the Mesozoic and early Tertiary geology in Shantung. Geological Survey of China Bulletin 5:95-135
- C.-C. Young and C.-y. Wang. 1959. [On a new excavation of dinosaurs in Laiyang, Shantung]. Palaeovertebrata et Paleoanthropologia 1(1):53-54
