Tsintaosaurus (/sɪntaʊˈsɔːrəs/; sic for the old transliteration "Tsingtao",[2] meaning "Qingdao lizard") is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from China. It was about 8.3 metres (27 ft) long and weighed 2.5 tonnes (2.8 short tons).[3] The type species is Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, first described by Chinese paleontologist C. C. Young in 1958.
As a hadrosaur, Tsintaosaurus had the characteristic 'duck bill' snout and a battery of powerful teeth which it used to chew vegetation. It usually walked on all fours, but could rear up on its hind legs to scout for predators and flee when it spotted one. Like other hadrosaurs, Tsintaosaurus probably lived and traveled in herds.
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^Creisler, B. (2002). "Dinosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide T". DOL Dinosaur Omnipedia. Archived from the original on 31 December 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
^Gregory S. Paul (2010). The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs. United States: Princeton University Press. pp. 308. ISBN 978-0-691-13720-9.
type species is Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, first described by Chinese paleontologist C. C. Young in 1958. As a hadrosaur, Tsintaosaurus had the characteristic...
to refer to it. The type genus is Tsintaosaurus, and it was defined as the smallest clade containing Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus and Pararhabdodon isonensis...
the same for Parasaurolophini. In more recent years Tsintaosaurini (Tsintaosaurus + Pararhabdodon) and Aralosaurini (Aralosaurus + Canardia) have also...
Shuonan, which were both later considered junior subjective synonyms of Tsintaosaurus. However, a more recent study, Zhang et al. (2017) determined that T...
was indeed a lambeosaurine, and more specifically a close relative of Tsintaosaurus, a genus from China. This position has been repeatedly found since,...
lambeosaurines closer to Lambeosaurus lambei than to Parasaurolophus walkeri, Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, or Aralosaurus tuberiferus, which define the other three...
the available bones were not included in the analysis. Eolambia and Tsintaosaurus were also not included in the analysis because these taxa are in need...
Formation, James Ross Island, Antarctica An elasmarian iguanodont. †Tsintaosaurus †Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus 70 Ma Jingangkou Formation, Shandong, China A lambeosaurine...
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