Home Previous Random Next Search
PROBACTROSAURUS
(pro-bak-trow-sore-us)
meaning: "Before Bactrosaurus"
Probactrosaurus
Named By: Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky in 1966
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 96-88 Ma
Location: Mongolia - Dashuigou Formation. Possibly also China, Gansu Province - Lower Red Unit Formation
Size: Estimated about 5.5 meters long
Diet: Herbivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Ornithischia | Ornithopoda | Iguanodontia |
Also known as: | Probactrosaurus alshanicus |
About

Probactrosaurus (meaning "before Bactrosaurus") is an early herbivorous hadrosauroid iguanodont dinosaur. It lived in China during the Late Cretaceous period. It is often known as the Asian Iguanodon.

Read more about Probactrosaurus at Wikipedia
PaleoCodex is a weekend hack by Saurav Mohapatra