Species
Valid Extinct

Shantungosaurus giganteus

Hu 1973

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Ornithopoda Suborder
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Iguanodontia Infraorder
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Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
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Dryomorpha Unranked clade
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Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
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Styracosterna Unranked clade
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Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
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Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
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Hadrosauridae Family
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Hadrosaurinae Subfamily
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Edmontosaurini Tribe
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Shantungosaurus Genus
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Shantungosaurus giganteus Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
4
Geological formations
Hongtuya
3
Shanyang/Hongtuling
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Synonyms (2)
Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens subjective synonym of Shantungosaurus giganteus
Zhuchengosaurus maximus subjective synonym of Shantungosaurus giganteus
Bibliography
Original description
C.-C. Hu. 1973. [A new hadrosaur from the Cretaceous of Chucheng, Shantung]. Acta Geologica Sinica 1973(2):179-206
Bibliography (4)
X.-j. Zhao, K.-b. Wang, and D.-j. Li. 2011. [Huaxiaosaurus aigahtens]. Geological Bulletin of China 30(11):1671-1688
X. Zhao, D. Li, and G. Han, H. Zhao, F. Liu, L. Li, X. Fang. 2007. Zuchengosaurus maximus from Shandong Province. Acta Geoscientia Sinica 28(2):111-122
X. Xue, Y. Zhang, and Y. Bi, L. Yue, D.-K. Chen. 1996. The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane Basins in Eastern Part of the Qinling Mountains DOI ↗
C.-C. Hu. 1973. [A new hadrosaur from the Cretaceous of Chucheng, Shantung]. Acta Geologica Sinica 1973(2):179-206