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Hadrosauridae

Barsboldia sicinskii

"of Barsbold"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Barsboldia 10 m (33 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Barsboldia
Length
10 m (33 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.
Barsboldia reconstruction by Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov
Reconstruction · Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov (CC-BY)

Barsboldia (meaning “of Barsbold”, a well-known Mongolian paleontologist) is a genus of large hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation of Ömnogöv, Mongolia. It is known from a partial vertebral column, partial pelvis, and some ribs.

What we know

  • Named by Maryańska & Osmólska, 1981.
  • Body length estimated at about 10 m.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

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