Genus
Valid Extinct

Gilmoreosaurus

Brett-Surman 1979

Gilmoreosaurus is a genus of hadrosauromorphan dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia. The type species is Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis, known from the Iren Dabasu Formation of Inner Mongolia, dating to 96 million years ago. Additional specimens have been described as distinct species, including G. atavus from the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan, and G. arkhangelskyi from the Bissekty Formation, also of Uzbekistan. However, these are based on very fragmentary remains, and their classification is dubious. An additional species, G. kysylkumense, also from the Bissekty Formation, is sometimes included, though it has also been referred to the related genus Bactrosaurus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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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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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Gilmoreosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
5,7 m ⓘ
Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis 
6 m ⓘ
Mass
1 000 kg ⓘ
Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis 
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Iren Dabasu
2
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis 84 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
M . K. Brett-Surman. 1979. Phylogeny and palaeobiogeography of hadrosaurian dinosaurs. Nature 277:560-562 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
P. Godefroit, Z.-M. Dong, and P. Bultynck, H. Li, L. Feng. 1998. New Bactrosaurus (Dinosauria: Hadrosauroidea) material from Iren Dabasu (Inner Mongolia, P. R. China). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 68(supplement):3-70
C. W. Gilmore. 1933. On the dinosaurian fauna of the Iren Dabasu Formation. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 68(2-3):23-78