Paleo FIles: Tenontosaurus

Common name: Long-tailed bisonfowl
Scientific name: Tenontosaurus tilletti
Year named: 1970, by John Ostrom
Meaning: 'the Family of Lloyd Tillett's Tendon reptile'
LP: TBA
XP: TBA
Length: 20-23/27'
Height: 6-7'
Weight: 1300 lb/ 1-2.2 tons
Time: early Cretaceous, 125-100 mya
Range: Montana- Cloverly Formation, Texas- Twin Mountain Formation
Biome: semiarid floodplain, river deltas & swamps, savannah to coastal
Frequency: Common
Organization: herds of up to 60
Diet: plants
Neighbors: Deinonychus antirrhopus, Gobiconodon ostromi, Microvenator celer, Paluxysaurus jonesi, Tatankacephalus cooneyorum, Zephyrosaurus tilletti
Enemies: Raptors
Danger Level: Medium