Gongshuilong
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Gongshuilong
DV-1305 · type species Gongshuilong fanwei
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Yao et al. 2026
Field notes
About Gongshuilong
Gongshuilong 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 1 find of Gongshuilong, from China. Its fossils come from the Lianhe Formation. It was named by Yao et al. in 2026.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Yao, W. Qiu, and J. Yu, L. Yang, H. Wang, S. Cao, K. Zhao, M. Xu, G. Shi, F. Lou, C. Zeng, P. Lu, R. Wu, X. Xu, F. Han, H. Xing. 2026. A new saurolophine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of South China, providing further support for the possible Asian origin of Brachylophosaurini. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24(1):2635569