Gobihadros

Say it like this: “GOH-bee-HAD-ros”

Gobihadros mongoliensis

Gobihadros ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.

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When: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian) · roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago
Named in: 2019 · Tsogtbaatar, K.; Weishampel, D. B.; Evans, D. C.; Watabe, M.
Hip height: 2.3 m · 8 ft
Length: 7.5 m · 25 ft
Weight: 2.6 tonnes
Found in: Mongolia · Bayanshiree
Food and walking: Herbivore · Two or four legs
Kind: beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
Family branch: Hadrosauromorpha

The story in short

In 2019, K. Tsogtbaatar and colleagues published the name Gobihadros. The name means “gobi hadrosaur.”

Fossils referred to Gobihadros date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian), roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Bayanshiree Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.

Published estimates put Gobihadros at a length near 7.5 m, hips about 2.3 m high, and a body mass around 2.6 tonnes.

On the family tree it sits in Hadrosauromorpha, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.

Close relatives

Bactrosaurus

Bactrosaurus johnsoni

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago

Claosaurus

Claosaurus agilis

Late Cretaceous (Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 89.8 to 83.6 million years ago

Eolambia

Eolambia caroljonesa

Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago