Wannanosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0243Xiaoyan Fm., China

Wannanosaurus

DV-0243

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Pachycephalosaurs
Found in
China
Named by
Hou 1977

Field notes

About Wannanosaurus

Wannanosaurus was a plant-eating pachycephalosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Wannanosaurus, from China. Its fossils come from the Xiaoyan Formation. It was named by Hou in 1977.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Close relatives

Other members of Pachycephalosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L.-H. Hou. 1977. A new primitive Pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(3):198-202