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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Dinosaur Catalog

Olorotitan arharensis Ornithischia Ornithopoda

Skeleton of Olorotitan Olorotitan
Olorotitan is a large lambeosaurine dinosaur. Fan shaped caudal end of its dorsoventrally broad crest is morphologically different from crests of other lambeosaurines. Neural spines of adjacent anterior caudal vertebrae of Olorotitan were articulated, making the tail rigid. Lambeosaurines were abundant in North America, nevertheless finding of Olorotitan indicates lambeosaurines originated in Asia and migrated to North America afterward.

Figure of Olorotitan Olorotitan
Systematics
Ornithopoda
Age
Early Cretaceous
Estimated total length
8.1m
Locality
Amur, Russia
Exhibition place of Olorotitan Olorotitan
Dinosaur World > Ornithischia
Olorotitan Olorotitan site : Amur, Russia