Probactrosaurus

Name: Probactrosaurus

Pronounced: Pro-bak-trow-sore-us

Meaning: Before Bactrosaurus

Type: Euornithopod

Length: 5.5 - 6 meters long

Diet: Herbivore

Period: Early Cretaceous

Years: 121-99 million years ago

Location: Mongolia

Description: Probactrosaurus is a genus of dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous period, about 145-100 million years ago. It was a herbivorous ornithopod, meaning that it was a bipedal, plant-eating dinosaur with a beaked skull. Probactrosaurus was a relatively small dinosaur, measuring about 3 meters (10 feet) long and weighing around 300 kilograms (660 pounds). It had a long, low skull with a triangular beak and large, leaf-shaped teeth in the back of the jaw, which it likely used to grind up tough plant matter. It also had a small frill on the back of its head and a row of spines running down its back. Probactrosaurus is known from several well-preserved fossils, including complete skeletons, which have helped scientists learn more about the anatomy and behavior of this dinosaur.

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