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Hadrosauridae

Mandschurosaurus

"lizard from Manchuria"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Mandschurosaurus 8 m (26.2 ft) long
as long as 5 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ornithopod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Mandschurosaurus
Length
8 m (26.2 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (72–66 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Mandschurosaurus (meaning “lizard from Manchuria”) is an extinct genus of hadrosaurids based on material from the Late Cretaceous of China and possibly also the Early Cretaceous of Laos. It was the first dinosaur genus named from China.

What we know

  • Named by Riabinin, 1930.
  • Body length estimated at about 8 m.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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