Genus
Valid Extinct

Wannanosaurus

Hou 1977

Wannanosaurus is a genus of basal pachycephalosaurian dinosaur from the Maastrichtian-aged Xiaoyan Formation, about 70 million years ago, in what is now Anhui, China. The type species Wannanosaurus yansiensis was described by Hou Lian-Hai in 1977.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Wannanosaurus
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Holotype skull of Wannanosaurus yansiensis on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
Wannanosaurus
Wannanosaurus
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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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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Pachycephalosauria Suborder
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Wannanosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
0,85 m ⓘ
Wannanosaurus yansiensis
Mass
3 kg ⓘ
Wannanosaurus yansiensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Xiaoyan
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Wannanosaurus yansiensis 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
L.-H. Hou. 1977. A new primitive Pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(3):198-202
Bibliography (1)
L.-H. Hou. 1977. A new primitive Pachycephalosauria from Anhui, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(3):198-202