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beaked plant-eater
Rhinorex
Say it like this: “ri-no-rex”
Rhinorex condrupus
Rhinorex ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in the United States.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Gates, T. A.; Scheetz, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 7 m · 23 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- the United States · Neslen
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- beaked plant-eater · Ornithopod
- Family branch
- Saurolophinae
The story in short
Rhinorex was formally named in 2014 by T. A. Gates and R. Scheetz.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from the United States, including the Neslen Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Rhinorex at a length near 7 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