Tsintaosaurus
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Tsintaosaurus (/sɪntaʊˈsɔːrəs/; sic for the old transliteration "Tsingtao",[2] meaning "Qingdao lizard") is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from China. It was about 8.3 metres (27 ft) long and weighed 2.5 tonnes (2.8 short tons).[3] The type species is Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, first described by Chinese paleontologist C. C. Young in 1958.
Tsintaosaurus | |
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Holotype skull with broken crest | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | †Ornithischia |
Clade: | †Ornithopoda |
Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Lambeosaurinae |
Tribe: | †Tsintaosaurini |
Genus: | †Tsintaosaurus Young, 1958[1] |
Type species | |
†Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus Young, 1958[1] |
As a hadrosaur, Tsintaosaurus had the characteristic 'duck bill' snout and a battery of powerful teeth which it used to chew vegetation. It usually walked on all fours, but could rear up on its hind legs to scout for predators and flee when it spotted one. Like other hadrosaurs, Tsintaosaurus probably lived and traveled in herds.