Shantungosaurus

Shantungosaurus giganteus

Shantungosaurus — reconstrução científica

Shantungosaurus foi um hadrosauro herbívoro do Cretáceo, descrito por Hu Chengzhi. Viveu há aproximadamente 100.5-72.2 milhões de anos, na região do que hoje é China. Medindo de 14.7-16.6 m, pesando 13.0-16.0 tons, era um representante característico da fauna mesozoica.

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.

Família
Hadrosauridae
Ordem
Ornithischia
Período
Cretaceous (100.5-72.2 MYA)
Dieta
Herbivore
Comprimento
14.7-16.6 m
Peso
13.0-16.0 tons

Fatos científicos

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