Tanius: quick facts
Tanius was a large, flat-headed duck-billed dinosaurthat lived in China in the late Cretaceous, some 88 to 66 millionyears ago. As the specimens found to date show no evidence of a crest, Tanius may h
Period
Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
35 feet (10.7 meters)
Weight
6,000 pounds (2,722 kg)
Family
Hadrosauridae
Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.