Tanius (meaning `of Tan`) is a genus of hadrosauroid dinosaur. It lived in the Late Cretaceous of China. The type species, named and described in 1929 by Carl Wiman, is Tanius sinensis. The generic name honours the Chinese paleontologist Tan Xichou (`H.C. Tan`). The specific name refers to China. Tan in April 1923 discovered the remains in the...
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(pronounced TAN-ee-us) Tanius was a large, crestless Hadrosaurid from China. These heavily-built plant-eaters were duck-bills that had a bony protuberance between the eyes on their flat head. Tanius had a toothless beak and strong jaws with self-sharpening cheek teeth (for chewing tough plant material). It had four-fingered hands and could walk on ...
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