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ALTIRHINUS
(al-te-ry-nus)
meaning: "High snout"
Altirhinus
Named By: David B. Norman in 1998
Time Period: Early Cretaceous
Location: Mongolia - Dornogovi Province - Khukhtek Formation (Huhteeg Svita)
Size: Estimated between 6.5 and 8 meters long, Skull 76 centimetres long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and post cranial remains from at least five individuals, including two juveniles
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Iguanodontia | Hadrosauroidea |
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Altirhinus ("high snout") is a genus of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Mongolia.

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