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beaked plant-eater · Doubtful name
Kangnasaurus
Say it like this: “KANG-nuh-SAWR-us”
Kangnasaurus coetzeei
Kangnasaurus ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in South Africa.
- When
- Late Cretaceous · roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1915 · Haughton, S. H.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- South Africa
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Elasmaria
The story in short
The genus Kangnasaurus dates to 1915, the year S. H. Haughton described it. The name means “farm Kangnas lizard.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from South Africa. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Kangnasaurus are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Elasmaria, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Anabisetia
Anabisetia saldiviai
Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
Atlascopcosaurus
Atlascopcosaurus loadsi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian · Albian) · roughly 125.8 to 100.5 million years ago
Chakisaurus
Chakisaurus nekul
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago