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Shantungosaurus
Shantungosaurus giganteus
Era: CretaceousDiet: HerbivorousPeriod: Late CretaceousSize: 15mWeight: 16000kg
Shantungosaurus is a genus of very large saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaur found in the Late Cretaceous Wangshi Group of the Shandong Peninsula in China, containing a single species, Shantungosaurus giganteus. The stratigraphic interval of Shantungosaurus ranges from the top of the Xingezhuang Formation to the middle of the Hongtuya Formation, middle to late Campanian in age