- Tsintaosaurus
Taxobox
name = "Tsintaosaurus"
image_caption = "Tsintaosaurus"
fossil_range =Late Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Ornithischia
subordo =Ornithopoda
infraordo =Iguanodont ia
superfamilia =Hadrosauroidea
familia =Hadrosauridae
subfamilia =Lambeosaurinae
genus = "Tsintaosaurus"
genus_authority = Young, 1958
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"T. spinorhinus" Young, 1958 (type)"Tsintaosaurus" is a
genus ofhadrosaur iddinosaur from China. It was about 10 meters (33 ft) long, 3.6 m (12 ft) tall and weighed 3 tons. [http://www.dinosaur-world.com/weird_dinosaurs/tsintaosaurus_spinorhinus.htm Weird Dinosaurs] ] Thetype species is "T. spinorhinus", first described by C. C. Young in 1958. A hadrosaur, "Tsintaosaurus" had a characteristic 'duck bill' snout and a battery of powerfulteeth 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 in herds."Tsintaosaurus" was initially reconstructed with a
unicorn -like crest on its snout. Although the 'crest' was later identified as a brokenskull bone—indicating the specimen was actually "Tanius "—a second specimen with the horn has since been discovered.Buffetaut, E. and Tong, H. (1993). "Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus" Young and "Tanius sinensis" Wiman: a preliminary comparative study of two hadrosaurs (Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of China." "C.R. Academy of Science Paris", series 2. 317:1255-1261.]References
External links
* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a7a8c6.htm "Tsintaosaurus" in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia] at DinoRuss' Lair
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