Nanyangosaurus
Field photograph to come
Nanyangosaurus
DV-0467
- Lived
- 94 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Ornithopods
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2000
Field notes
About Nanyangosaurus
Nanyangosaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Nanyangosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Majiacun Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2000.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Hadrosauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, X.-J. Zhao, and J.-C. Lü, W.-B. Huang, Z.-Y. Li, Z.-M. Dong. 2000. A new iguanodontian from Sangping Formation of Neixiang, Henan and its stratigraphical implication. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(3):176-191