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Pinacosaurus Pinacosaurus grangeri Gilmore 1933
/pˌɪnɐkəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 89.8–72.2 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Countries
China, Mongolia
Regions
Omnogov · Nei Mongol · Shandong · Dornogov
Formations
Bayan Mandahu · Djadokhta · Baruungoyot · Jiangjunding
Dig sites
12
distinct collections
Overview
Pinacosaurus grangeri is an ankylosaur dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, China and elsewhere. It was named by Gilmore 1933. The species is represented by 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~47%
well attested
Based on 16 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Pinacosaurus grangeri sits in deep time
Pinacosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Pinacosaurus grangeri'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.