Amurosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0339Udurchukan Fm., China

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

2 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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