Cretaceous
Nipponosaurus
Nipponosaurus sachalinensis
The catalogue presents Nipponosaurus as a herbivore member of Lambeosaurinae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 85.7–83.6 Ma. Its estimated range is 4.0–5.0 m in length and 300–500 kg in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Hakobuchi Formation, Sakhalin, Japan. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Nipponosaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Nagao (1936).
The PBDB places it in Lambeosaurinae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Lambeosaurinae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Lambeosaurinae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range runs from the Santonian to the Campanian.
The PBDB catalogues 1 occurrence. Provenance: Russia.
The catalogue records the holotype as NSM VP-9881 and the type locality as “Hakobuchi Formation, Sakhalin, Japan”.
- NSM VP-9881
- Hakobuchi Formation, Sakhalin, Japan
The catalogue's reference measurements are 4.0–5.0 m in length and 300–500 kg in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 4.0-5.0 m
- 300-500 kg
The record gathers 27 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
- 4.0–5.0 m
- Weight
- 300–500 kg
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 85.7–83.6 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1936
- Described by
- Nagao
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Lambeosaurinae
- Genus
- Nipponosaurus
- Species
- s. sachalinensis
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
- NSM VP-9881
- Type locality
- Hakobuchi Formation, Sakhalin, Japan