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Gilmoreosaurus
Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis
Era: CretaceousDiet: HerbivorousPeriod: Late CretaceousSize: 6m
Gilmoreosaurus (meaning "Charles Whitney Gilmore's lizard") is a genus of hadrosauromorphan dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia. The type species is Gilmoreosaurus mongoliensis, known from the Iren Dabasu Formation of Inner Mongolia, dating to 96 million years ago. Additional specimens have been described as distinct species, including G. atavus from the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan, and G. arkhangelskyi from the Bissekty Formation, also of Uzbekistan. However, these are based on very fragmentary remains, and their classification is dubious. An additional species, G