Jurassic
Kulindadromeus
Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus
The catalogue presents Kulindadromeus as a herbivore member of Neornithischia that lived during the Jurassic, between 169 Ma. Its estimated range is 1.5 m in length and 4 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Transbaikal region, Russia. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Kulindadromeus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Godefroit et al. (2014).
The PBDB places it in Pyrodontia, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Neornithischia.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Neornithischia
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Bathonian.
The PBDB catalogues 3 occurrences, with material from the Ukureyskaya Formation (3). Provenance: Russia.
The catalogue records the holotype as INREC-KU 1/1 and the type locality as “Transbaikal region, Russia”.
- INREC-KU 1/1
- Transbaikal region, Russia
The catalogue's reference measurements are 1.5 m in length and 4 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 1.5 m
- 4 kg
The record gathers 6 bibliographic references registered in the PBDB, listed below.
Where it lived
Fossil occurrences on today’s map and in the tectonic reconstruction.
Positions reconstructed by PBDB/GPlates, not observed; this is not an exact habitat map.
Artistic 3D reconstruction
There is no approved species-specific 3D model yet. Generic anatomy will not be presented as if it were evidence.
Physical Specifications
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Weight
- 4 kg
- Period
- Jurassic
- Time range
- 169 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 2014
- Described by
- Pascal Godefroit
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Neornithischia
- Genus
- Kulindadromeus
- Species
- K. zabaikalicus
Data status
Taxonomic name matched to PBDB and checked on 2026-08-08.
Taxonomic linkage does not automatically validate size, mass, behaviour or appearance.
- Type specimen
- INREC-KU 1/1
- Type locality
- Transbaikal region, Russia