Lanzhousaurus

DV-0583

Lived: 126 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Group: Ornithopods
Found in: China
Named by: You et al. 2005

Field notes

About Lanzhousaurus

Lanzhousaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 126 to 113 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Lanzhousaurus, from China. It was named by You et al. in 2005.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

120 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Styracosterna.

IguanacolossusEarly Cretaceous
IstiorachisEarly Cretaceous
HippodracoEarly Cretaceous
DakotadonEarly Cretaceous
CumnoriaLate Jurassic
RiabininohadrosLate Cretaceous
Paulodonornithopod
TheiophytaliaEarly Cretaceous

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. You, Q. Ji, and D. Li. 2005. Lanzhousaurus magnidens gen. et sp. nov. from Gansu Province, China: the largest-toothed herbivorous dinosaur in the world. Geological Bulletin of China 24(9):785-794