AsiaCerapodaDinosauriaEarly CretaceousGenasauriaIguanodontiaNeornithischiaOrnithischiaOrnithopoda

“Dongshengosaurus sinensis”

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Dinosaur: "Dongshengosaurus sinensis"

Cretaceous: 125.8–113 Ma
Type: Ornithopod

Length*:1.3 m4.3 ft
Weight*:10 kg22 lb
ESR: 3 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Asia

Area: Asia


Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Late Barremian-Early Aptian
Years: 125.8–113 Ma

Details

Status: nomen ex dissertatione
Author: Pan
Year: 2009

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Liaoning
Formation: Yixian


Sources

Material: Large part of skeleton with skull (juvenile ?).
References: PAN (2009) A new Iguanodontian dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China and a study of the postcranial skeleton of Jinzhousaurus yangi.

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