AsiaCerapodaDinosauriaGenasauriaLate CretaceousMarginocephaliaNeornithischiaOrnithischiaPachycephalosauria

Wannanosaurus yansiensis

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Dinosaur: Wannanosaurus yansiensis

Cretaceous: 83.6–66 Ma
Type: Pachycephalosauria

Length*:85 cm2.8 ft
Weight*:3 kg7 lb
ESR: 2.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen

Asia

Area: Asia


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Years: 83.6–66 Ma

Details

Status: valid
Author: Hou
Year: 1977

Distribution

Area: Asia
Country: China
Region: Anhui
Formation: Xiaoyan


Locations


Sources

Material: 2 partial skeletons.
References: Hou Lian-Hai (1977). "A new primitive Pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China. It is the second smallest dinosaur in world after microceratops".

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