Changchunsaurus

Zan et al. 2005

Changchunsaurus is an extinct genus of small herbivorous neornithischian dinosaur from Early or Late Cretaceous deposits of Gongzhuling, Jilin, China. It is the first named dinosaur genus from that region.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Dinosaures

Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial

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Changchunsaurus parvus, a neornithischian dinosaur. © Raingerr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Dinosauria Unranked clade

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Ornithischia Unranked clade

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Neornithischia Unranked clade

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Thescelosauridae Family

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Thescelosaurinae Subfamily

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Changchunsaurus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇳 China

Geological formations

Quantou

Temporal distribution

Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)

Species (1)

Changchunsaurus parvus 121 Ma

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Bibliography

Original description

S.-Q. Zan, J. Chen, and L.-Y. Jin, T. Li. 2005. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation of central Jilin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(3):182-193

Bibliography (1)

S.-Q. Zan, J. Chen, and L.-Y. Jin, T. Li. 2005. A primitive ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Quantou Formation of central Jilin, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43(3):182-193