Name
Nanningosaurus.
Phonetic
Nan-ning-o-sor-us.
Named By
J. Mo, Z. Zhao, W. Wang & X. Xu - 2007.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Hadrosauridae, Lambeosaurinae.
Diet
Herbivore.
Species
N. dashiensis
Size
Unavailable.
Known locations
China, Guangxi Province.
Time Period
Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Skull and partial post cranial skeletal remains including the fore arm and hip.
Nanningosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived in China during the late Cretaceous, and is also the first genus of hadrosaur identified as living in southern China.
- The first hadrosaurid dinosaur from southern China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(4):550-554. - J. Mo, Z. Zhao, W. Wang & X. Xu - 2007.
