- 학명 Scientific Name : Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus
- 형태 Mode : 골격화석 Skeleton
- 시대 Age : 후기 백악기 Late Cretaceous
- 크기 L×W×H (m) : 7m×2.1m×4.8m
- 원산지 Location : 중국 산동 Shandong

Tsintaosaurus

Tsintaosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from China. It was about 10 meters (33 ft) long, 3.6 m (12 ft) tall and weighed 3 tons.

A hadrosaur, Tsintaosaurus had a 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 in herds.

Tsintaosaurus was initially reconstructed with a unicorn-like crest on its snout. Although the 'crest' was later identified as a broken skull bone—indicating the specimen was actually Tanius—a second specimen with the horn has since been discovered.^{[citation needed]} Some scientist have argued that it most likely had a sail, but there is no proof of that theory.

The type species is T. spinorhinus, first described by C. C. Young in 1958.

References

Tsintaosaurus in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia at DinoRuss' Lair