Shantungosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Hebei (China), Jiangsu (China) and Shaanxi (China).
Quick facts about Shantungosaurus:
- Existed from Upper Cretaceous Epoch to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 4 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Shantungosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- C.-C. Hu. 1973. [A new hadrosaur from the Cretaceous of Chucheng, Shantung]. Acta Geologica Sinica 1973(2):179-206
- X. Xue and Y. Zhang. 1996. The Development and Environmental Changes of the Intermontane Basins in Eastern Part of the Qinling Mountains. Geological Publishing House, Beijing
- Q. Pang and Z. Cheng. 1996. The preliminary report on Late Cretaceous dinosaur fauna expeditions in Tianzhen, Shanxi. Journal of Hebei College of Geology 19(3-4):227-235