Cretaceous
Tsintaosaurus
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus
The catalogue presents Tsintaosaurus as a herbivore member of Hadrosauridae that lived during the Cretaceous, between 83.6–72.2 Ma. Its estimated range is 10.0 m in length and 3 t in mass, giving a practical sense of scale. Reference material comes from Jingangkou Formation, Laiyang, Shandong, China. Size and mass are approximations and may change with new fossils or methods.
Evidence-backed summary
For Tsintaosaurus, the PBDB records the taxonomic attribution as Young (1958).
The PBDB places it in Lambeosaurinae, and the catalogue record assigns it to the family Hadrosauridae.
- PBDB · taxon.parent
- Hadrosauridae
In the PBDB record, the reported stratigraphic range is the Campanian.
The PBDB catalogues 3 occurrences, with material from the Jingangkou Formation (3). Provenance: China.
The catalogue records the holotype as IVPP V723 and the type locality as “Jingangkou Formation, Laiyang, Shandong, China”.
- IVPP V723
- Jingangkou Formation, Laiyang, Shandong, China
The catalogue's reference measurements are 10.0 m in length and 3 t in mass — estimates, which vary with specimen and method.
- 10.0 m
- 3 tons
The record gathers 38 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
- 10.0 m
- Weight
- 3 t
- Period
- Cretaceous
- Time range
- 83.6–72.2 Ma
Discovery Information
- First Discovery
- 1958
- Described by
- Yang Zhongjian
Taxonomic Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Family
- Hadrosauridae
- Genus
- Tsintaosaurus
- Species
- T. spinorhinus
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
- IVPP V723
- Type locality
- Jingangkou Formation, Laiyang, Shandong, China