Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Silhouette of Altirhinus kurzanovi

Altirhinus Altirhinus kurzanovi Norman 1998

/ˌæltɪˈraɪnəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 110.1–100.5 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding

Where It Was Found

Country
Mongolia
Region
Dornogov
Formation
Khuren Dukh
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Mongolia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Altirhinus kurzanovi is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 110.1–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Dornogov, Mongolia. It was named by Norman 1998. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Altirhinus kurzanovi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Altirhinus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Altirhinus kurzanovi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Shanag
Shanag ashile
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coexisted–with
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
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coexisted–with
Erectopus
Erectopus superbus
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coexisted–with
Polacanthus
Polacanthus foxii
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coexisted–with
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus armatus
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coexisted–with
Nigersaurus
Nigersaurus taqueti
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same–clade
Choyrodon
Choyrodon barsboldi
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same–clade
Lurdusaurus
Lurdusaurus arenatus
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