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beaked plant-eater
Barsboldia
Say it like this: “bahrs-BOHL-dee-a”
Barsboldia sicinskii
Barsboldia ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1981 · Maryańska, T.; Osmólska, H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 10–14 m · 33–46 ft
- Weight
- 5 tonnes
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Hadrosauridae
The story in short
The genus Barsboldia dates to 1981, the year T. Maryańska and H. Osmólska described it. The name means “of Barsbold.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Barsboldia at a length near 10–14 m and a body mass around 5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Hadrosauridae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aquilarhinus
Aquilarhinus palimentus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Arstanosaurus
Arstanosaurus akkurganensis
Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago
Cionodon
Cionodon arctatus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago