Shantungosaurus

Pronunciation:
shan-TUN-go-sore-us
Name meaning:
'Shantung (=Shandong) lizard'
Shantungosaurus
Type of dinosaur:
large ornithopod
Length:
15.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 78-74 million years ago
Found in:
China
Shantungosaurus

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ornithopoda, Hadrosauridae, Euhadrosauria, Hadrosaurinae
Named by:
Hu (1973)
Type species:
giganteus