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Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum Dinosaur Catalog

Probactrosaurus sp. Ornithischia Ornithopoda

Skeleton of Probactrosaurus
Probactrosaurus was discovered during the Sino-Soviet Expedition (1959 - 60). It is a herbivorous ornithopod dinosaur, which resembles iguanodontids, but is more derived in having three stacked dentary teeth per tooth position and in lacking of accessory ridges on maxillary teeth. Therefore, Probactrosaurus is closer to the base of hadrosaurids.

Figure of Probactrosaurus
Systematics
Ornithopoda
Age
Early Cretaceous
Estimated total length
5.6m
Locality
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Exhibition place of Probactrosaurus
Dinosaur World > Ornithischia
Probactrosaurus site : Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China