Very HardShantungosaurus
Shantungosaurus giganteus
shan-TUNG-oh-SORE-us· “Shandong lizard”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Cretaceous🌿 herbivore🦴 Hadrosauridae
15 m
Length
6 m
Height
16 t
Weight
The largest known duck-billed dinosaur — a colossal hadrosaur from China that rivalled the big meat-eaters in size. It grazed in herds, grinding tough plants with batteries of hundreds of teeth.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~77–74 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Hu Chengzhi, 1973
Did you know?
- The largest hadrosaur (duck-bill) known, up to ~15 metres long.
- Its jaws held well over a thousand tightly packed grinding teeth.
- One of the biggest animals of Late Cretaceous Asia.
Artwork: IJReid, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.