Tsintaosaurus facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Tsintaosaurus |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Suborder: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Tribe: | †Tsintaosaurini |
| Genus: | †Tsintaosaurus Young, 1958 |
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| †Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus Young, 1958
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Tsintaosaurus ( meaning "Qingdao lizard", after the old transliteration "Tsingtao") is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur found in China.
Like other hadrosaurs, it walked on all fours but it could also move on its rear legs alone. They probably lived in herds.
Images for kids
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Left premaxilla
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Restoration showing modern interpretation of crest shape
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Tsintaosaurus mount with outdated crest reconstruction, Paleozoological Museum of China.
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Reinterpretation of the skull crest
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Left prefrontal
See also
In Spanish: Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus para niños
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