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Nanshiungosaurus

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Nanshiungosaurus

Herbivore
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There is no write-up for this dinosaur yet, but the scientific data below is complete.

Who lived alongside it

Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Nanshiungosaurus (Zhonggou), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.

Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.

Scientific details

Classification
Theropod (two-legged predators)
Family
Therizinosauridae
When it lived
66–113.2 million years ago
Geologic stages
Albian – Maastrichtian
Named by
Dong, 1979
Fossil occurrences
2 sites

Countries with fossils

  • China

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata