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Thescelosauridae

Koreanosaurus

"Korean lizard"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Koreanosaurus 2.4 m (7.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Koreanosaurus
Length
2.4 m (7.9 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (81 Mya)
Place
South Korea
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Thescelosauridae

Koreanosaurus (“Korean lizard”) is a genus of orodromine neornithischian dinosaur that lived during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous of what is now South Korea. One species has been described, Koreanosaurus boseongensis.

What we know

  • Named by Huh et al., 2011.
  • Body length estimated at about 2.4 m.
  • Fossils found in South Korea.

What we guess

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