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Shantungosaurus Shantungosaurus giganteus Hu 1973
/ʃˌæntəŋɡəsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 83.6–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Regions
Shandong · Shaanxi
Formations
Hongtuya · Shanyang/Hongtuling
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Shantungosaurus giganteus is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–66.0 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Shandong, China. It was named by Hu 1973. The species is represented by 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~15%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 4 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Shantungosaurus giganteus sits in deep time
Shantungosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Shantungosaurus giganteus'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.