Crichtonsaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Liaoning (China).
Quick facts about Crichtonsaurus:
- Existed from 100.5 million years ago to Turonian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Crichtonsaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z.-M. Dong. 2002. A new armored dinosaur (Ankylosauria) from Beipiao Basin, Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 40(4):276-285
- J. Lü and Q. Ji. 2007. A new species of the ankylosaurid dinosaur Crichtonsaurus (Ankylosauridae: Ankylosauria) from the Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(6):883-897
