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Hadrosauridae

Rhinorex condrupus

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Rhinorex 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 Rhinorex
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (75 Mya)
Place
North America · Utah, USA
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Rhinorex is a genus of kritosaurin hadrosaur from the Late Cretaceous Neslen Formation, in central Utah. Its exact placement in time is uncertain, though it probably dates to 75 million years ago and was discovered in estuarine sediments.

What we know

  • Named by Gates & Scheetz, 2014.
  • Fossils found in North America and Utah, USA.

What we guess

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