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beaked plant-eater
Kerberosaurus
Say it like this: “KUHR-buh-ro-SOR-us”
Kerberosaurus manakini
Kerberosaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Russia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2004 · Bolotsky, Y. L.; Godefroit, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 8 m · 26 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Russia · Udurchukan
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
The genus Kerberosaurus dates to 2004, the year Y. L. Bolotsky and P. Godefroit described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Russia, including the Udurchukan Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Kerberosaurus at a length near 8 m.
On the family tree it sits in Saurolophinae, among the ornithopod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Acristavus
Acristavus gagslarsoni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Ahshislesaurus
Ahshislesaurus wimani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Anasazisaurus
Anasazisaurus horneri
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago