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Hadrosauridae

Laiyangosaurus youngi

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Laiyangosaurus 9 m (29.5 ft) long
as long as 6 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Laiyangosaurus
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (72 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Laiyangosaurus (“Laiyang lizard”) is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Jingangkou Formation of China. It is known from one species, L. youngi, found in the Laiyang Basin within the province of Shandong.

What we know

  • Named by Zhang et al., 2019.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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