Shuangmiaosaurus Shuangmiaosaurus
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Shuangmiaosaurus 7.5 m (24.6 ft) long
5 people holding hands
- Length
- 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Shuangmiaosaurus is a genus of herbivorous iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur which lived in China during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 100 million years ago.
The type species, Shuangmiaosaurus gilmorei, was named and described by You Hailu, Ji Qiang Li Jinglu and Li Yinxian in 2003. The generic name refers to the village of Shuangmiao in Beipiao in Liaoning Province, the site of the discovery. The specific name honours the American paleontologist Charles Whitney Gilmore.
What we know
- Named by You et al., 2003.
- Body length estimated at about 7.5 m.
- Fossils found in China.