Nanningosaurus dashiensis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nanningosaurus 7.5 m (24.6 ft) long
as long as 5 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (72.1–66 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Nanningosaurus is a genus of hadrosauromorph dinosaur from the upper Late Cretaceous of the Nalong Basin, Guangxi, China.
The type and only species is Nanningosaurus dashiensis, named and described by Mo Jinyou, Zhao Zhongru, Wamg Wei, and Xu Xing in 2007. The generic name refers to the city of Nanning, located close to the excavation site. The specific name is derived from the Pinyin da-shi (“great stone”), the name of the village where the discovery was made.
What we know
- Named by Mo et al., 2007.
- Body length estimated at about 7.5 m.
- Fossils found in China.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Nanningosaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.