Shantungosaurus
Shantungosaurus giganteus
Shantungosaurus (lit. 'Shandong Lizard') is an extinct genus of very large herbivorous saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur found in the Late Cretaceous Wangshi Group of the Shandong Peninsula in China, containing a single species, Shantungosaurus giganteus. The stratigraphic interval of Shantungosaurus ranges from the top of the Xingezhuang Formation to the middle of the Hongtuya Formation, middle to late Campanian in age. There are possible records from the Maastrichtian,although these are uncertain. Shantungosaurus is so far the largest hadrosauroid taxon in the world, with size estimates around 15–17 metres (49–56 ft) in length and 13–16 metric tons (14–18 short tons) in body mass.
- Family
- Hadrosauridae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (100.5–72.2 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 14.7–16.6 m
- Weight
- 13.0–16.0 t
- Type locality
- Wangshi Formation, Shandong, China
- Holotype
- GMV 1780-1
- PBDB
- txn:38776