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Hadrosauridae

Wulagasaurus dongi

"Wulaga lizard"

Generic ornithopod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Wulagasaurus 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 Wulagasaurus
Length
9 m (29.5 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (69–66 Mya)
Place
China
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Hadrosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Cerapoda Ornithopoda Iguanodontia Duck-billed dinosaurs with tooth batteries.

Wulagasaurus (meaning “Wulaga lizard”, in reference to the discovery locality) is a genus of saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Heilongjiang, China.

What we know

  • Named by Godefroit et al., 2008.
  • Fossils found in China.

What we guess

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