Jintasaurus
Field photograph to come
Jintasaurus
DV-0687
- Lived
- 121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- You and Li 2009
Field notes
About Jintasaurus
Jintasaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Jintasaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Xiagou Formation. It was named by You and Li in 2009.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
115 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H.-L. You and D.-Q. Li. 2009. A new basal hadrosauriform dinosaur (Ornithischia: Iguanodontia) from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 46:949-957