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Probactrosaurus Probactrosaurus gobiensis Rozhdestvensky 1966
/pɹˌoʊbɐktɹəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Nei Monggol
Formation
Miaogou
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Probactrosaurus gobiensis is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Nei Monggol, China. It was named by Rozhdestvensky 1966. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Probactrosaurus gobiensis sits in deep time
Probactrosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Probactrosaurus gobiensis'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.