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beaked plant-eater · Doubtful name
Microhadrosaurus
Say it like this: “MY-kro-HAD-ro-SAWR-us”
Microhadrosaurus nanshiungensis
Microhadrosaurus ate plants and walked on two or four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in China.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1979 · Dong, Z.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 2.6 m · 9 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- China · Nanxiong
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two or four legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Hadrosauridae
The story in short
In 1979, Z. Dong published the name Microhadrosaurus.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from China, including the Nanxiong Formation. It was a herbivore and could move on two or four legs.
Published estimates put Microhadrosaurus at a length near 2.6 m.
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
Barsboldia
Barsboldia sicinskii
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago