Microhadrosaurus

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iMicrohadrosaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Ornithischia
Suborder: Ornithopoda
Infraorder: Iguanodontia
Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea
Family: Hadrosauridae
Genus: Microhadrosaurus
Species: Microhadrosaurus
nanshiungensis

Binomial name
Microhadrosaurus
nanshiungensis

Dong, 1979

Microhadrosaurus (meaning "small sturdy lizard" in Greek) is a dubious dinosaur genus. It is known only from dentary with teeth and was classified as an early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) hadrosaurid. As its name suggests, it was a small dinosaur, possibly 8 to 9 feet long, or juvenile. The remains of Microhadrosaurus were found in China.

The type species, Microhadrosaurus nanshiungensis, was described by Dong in 1979.

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