Gilmoreosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0251Iren Dabasu Fm., China

Gilmoreosaurus

DV-0251 · type species Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis

Lived
84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 6 m (20 ft)
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
China
Named by
Brett-Surman 1979

Field notes

About Gilmoreosaurus

Gilmoreosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Gilmoreosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Iren Dabasu Formation. It was named by Brett-Surman in 1979.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Gilmoreosaurus?

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Gilmoreosaurus: about 6 m (20 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ornithopod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Hadrosauroidea.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M . K. Brett-Surman. 1979. Phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277:560-562