AnkylopollexiaAsiaCerapodaDinosauriaGenasauriaHadrosauridaeHadrosauriformesHadrosauroideaHadrosauromorphaIguanodontiaLambeosaurinaeLate CretaceousNeornithischiaOrnithischiaOrnithopodaParasaurolophiniStyracosterna

Charonosaurus jiayinensis

Dinosaur: Charonosaurus jiayinensis



Type: Ornithopod

Length*:10.5 m34.4 ft
Weight*:6.8 tons14,991 lb
ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Godefroit, Zan & Jin
Year: 2000
Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Heilongjiang
Formation: Yuliangze

Classification

Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Genasauria
Neornithischia
Cerapoda
Ornithopoda
Iguanodontia
Ankylopollexia
Styracosterna
Hadrosauriformes
Hadrosauroidea
Hadrosauromorpha
Hadrosauridae
Lambeosaurinae
Parasaurolophini


Other

Material: Partial skull, referred other fragments.
References: Godefroit, P., Zan, S., & Jin, L. (2000). Charonosaurus jiayinensis n.g., n.sp.,a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Late Maastrichtian of northeastern China.

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