Koreanosaurus Koreanosaurus

"Korean lizard"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Koreanosaurus 2.4 m (7.9 ft) long
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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.