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Hadrosauridae

Amurosaurus uh-mʊəruh-SORRUHS

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Amurosaurus 9 m (29.5 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Amurosaurus
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (70–66 Mya)
Place
Asia · China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Amurosaurus (; “Amur lizard”) is a genus of lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur found in Late Cretaceous (70 to 66 million years ago) deposits of what is now eastern Asia.

What we know

  • Named by Bolotsky & Kurzanov, 1991.
  • Fossils found in Asia and China.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Amurosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.