Nanningosaurus dashiensis Nanningosaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Nanningosaurus 7.5 m (24.6 ft) long
5 people holding hands
- Length
- 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (72.1–66 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
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.