Probactrosaurus

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Probactrosaurus Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Ornithischia Suborder: Ornithopoda Infraorder: Iguanodontia Superfamily: Hadrosauroidea Genus: Probactrosaurus
Binomial name
Probactrosaurus gobiensis Rozhdestvensky, 1966

Probactrosaurus (meaning 'before Bactrosaurus') was an early hadrosauroid iguanodont. It lived in China during the Early Cretaceous Period. The type species is Probactrosaurus gobiensis, described by A. K. Rozhdestvensky in 1966. It was a herbivorous dinosaur, about 17 - 20 feet (5 - 6 metres) in length. It had a narrow snout, an elongated lower jaw and double rows of flattened cheek teeth. It was a possible ancestor of the duck-billed dinosaurs.

[edit] References

• http://www.users.qwest.net/~jstweet1/iguanodontia.htm

[edit] External links

• Probactrosaurus in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair