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Nipponosaurus Nipponosaurus sachalinensis Nagao 1936

/nˌɪpənəsˈɔːɹəs/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 85.7–72.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade

Overview

Nipponosaurus sachalinensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 85.7–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Nagao 1936. 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 1 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Nipponosaurus sachalinensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Nipponosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Nipponosaurus sachalinensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.

predator–prey
Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis dispar
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predator–prey
Hesperornis
Hesperornis regalis
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predator–prey
Gorgosaurus
Gorgosaurus libratus
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coexisted–with
Centrosaurus
Centrosaurus apertus
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coexisted–with
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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coexisted–with
Protoceratops
Protoceratops andrewsi
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same–clade
Lophorhothon
Lophorhothon atopus
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same–clade
Batyrosaurus
Batyrosaurus rozhdestvenskyi
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