Amurosaurus
Field photograph to come
Amurosaurus
DV-0339
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Found in
- China and Russia
- Named by
- Bolotsky and Kurzanov 1991
Field notes
About Amurosaurus
Amurosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hadrosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Amurosaurus, from China and Russia. Its fossils come from rocks including the Udurchukan Formation and the Yuliangzi Formation. It was named by Bolotsky and Kurzanov in 1991.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: Y. L. Bolotsky and S. M. Kurzanov. 1991. Gadrosavry Priamuriy [The hadrosaurs of the pre-Amur Region]. Geology of the Pacific Ocean Border