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Tsintaosaurus (/tʃɪŋdaʊˈsɔːrəs/; meaning "Qingdao lizard", after the old transliteration "Tsingtao") [1] is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur found in China.
Tsintaosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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Holotype skull with broken crest | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | †Ornithischia |
Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
Tribe: | †Tsintaosaurini |
Genus: | †Tsintaosaurus Young, 1958 |
Type species | |
†Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus Young, 1958 |
Like other hadrosaurs, it walked on all fours but it could also move on its rear legs alone. They probably lived in herds.
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