Gobihadros mongoliensis Gobihadros

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Gobihadros 7.5 m (24.6 ft) long
5 people holding hands
Length
7.5 m (24.6 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (96–83.6 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Dinosauria

Gobihadros is a genus of basal hadrosauroid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now the Bayanshiree Formation (dated to the Cenomanian-Santonian) of Mongolia. It contains only the type species Gobihadros mongoliensis, which has an estimated length of 7.5 m.

What we know

  • Named by Tsogtbaatar et al., 2019.
  • Body length estimated at about 7.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.