Mandschurosaurus
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Mandschurosaurus
DV-0142 · type species Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis
- Lived
- 121 to 66 million years ago, Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods, Hadrosauridae
- Found in
- China and Laos
- Named by
- Riabinin 1930
Field notes
About Mandschurosaurus
Mandschurosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous, 121 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Hadrosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Mandschurosaurus, from China and Laos. Its fossils come from rocks including the Grès supérieurs Formation and the Yuliangzi Formation. It was named by Riabinin in 1930.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
95 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. N. Riabinin. 1930. Mandschurosaurus amurensis nov. gen. nov. sp., verkhnemelovoy dinozavr s. r. Amura [Mandschurosaurus amurensis nov. gen, nov. sp., a hadrosaurian dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Amur River]. Monografii Russkogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva 2:1-36