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
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Ornithischia Unranked clade
Neornithischia Unranked clade
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
Cerapoda Unranked clade
Ornithopoda Suborder
Iguanodontia Infraorder
Euiguanodontia Unranked clade
Dryomorpha Unranked clade
Ankylopollexia Unranked clade
Styracosterna Unranked clade
Hadrosauriformes Unranked clade
Hadrosauroidea Unranked clade
Hadrosauridae Family
Hadrosaurinae Subfamily
Edmontosaurini Tribe
Shantungosaurus Genus
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