Kerberosaurus manakini Kerberosaurus

"Kerberos lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Kerberosaurus 9 m (29.5 ft) long
6 people holding hands
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (66 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia

Kerberosaurus (meaning “Kerberos lizard”) is a genus of saurolophine duckbill dinosaur from the late Maastrichtian-aged (Upper Cretaceous) Tsagayan Formation of Blagoveshchensk, Amur Region, Russia (dated to 66 million years ago). It is based on bonebed material including skull remains indicating that it was related to Saurolophus and Prosaurolophus.

What we know

  • Named by Bolotsky & Godefroit, 2004.
  • Fossils found in China.