Genus: Tongtianlong Lü, CHEN,
BRUSATTE, ZHU, & SHEN, 2016
Etymology: Tongtian, Chinese
Pinyin, refers to Tongtianyan of Banzhou, the first grotto south of the Yangtze
River, Tongtian also means the road to heaven, a fitting epitaph for a deceased
dinosaur preserved withoutstretched arms, and Chinese Pinyin, long, "dragon."
Species:
limosus
Lü,
CHEN, BRUSATTE, ZHU, & SHEN, 2016
Etymology: Latin, limosus, "muddy"; refers
to the holotype specimen being found in an unsual posture in a mudstone.
Holotype: DYM-2013-8
Locality: The building site of the No. 3 high school of Ganxian, near Ganzhou Jiangxi Province, southern China. (Note: GPS coordinates are provided on request from the first author).
Horizon: Nanxiong Formation, Nanxiong Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Skull and nearly complete skeleton.