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CHARONOSAURUS
(kah-ron-o-sore-us)
meaning: "Charon's lizard"
Charonosaurus
Named By: Godefroit, Zan & Jin in 2000
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 66 Ma
Location: China - Jilin Province - Yuliangze Formation
Size: Estimated up to 10 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial skull and additional post cranial remains later referred to it
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Hadrosauridae | Parasaurolophini |
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Charonosaurus ( ka-ROH-na-SAWR-as; meaning "Charon's lizard") is the name of a genus of dinosaur whose fossils were discovered by Godefroit, Zan & Jin in 2000 on the south bank of the Amur River, dividing China from Russia.

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