Ratchasimasaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0798Khok Kruat Fm., Thailand

Ratchasimasaurus

DV-0798

Lived
121 to 113 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Length
about 10 m (33 ft)
Group
Ornithopods
Found in
Thailand
Named by
Shibata et al. 2011

Field notes

About Ratchasimasaurus

Ratchasimasaurus was a plant-eating ornithopod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 113 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Ratchasimasaurus, from Thailand. Its fossils come from the Khok Kruat Formation. It was named by Shibata et al. in 2011.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

115 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Ratchasimasaurus: about 10 m (33 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical ornithopod shape

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Hadrosauroidea.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. Shibata, P. Jintasakul, and Y. Azuma. 2011. A new iguanodontian dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation, Nakon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 85(5):969-976