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armored dinosaur · Doubtful name
Crichtonsaurus
Say it like this: “CRY-ton-SOR-us”
Crichtonsaurus bohlini
Crichtonsaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 2002 · Dong, Z.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Sunjiawan
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosauria
The story in short
Crichtonsaurus was formally named in 2002 by Z. Dong.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian), roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Sunjiawan Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Crichtonsaurus at a length near 3 m.
On the family tree it sits in Ankylosauria, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acanthopholis
Acanthopholis horrida
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Ahshislepelta
Ahshislepelta minor
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Cryptosaurus
Cryptosaurus eumerus
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · roughly 161.5 to 154.8 million years ago