Pinacosaurus was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Inner Mongolia (China), Ningxia (China) and Ömnögovi (Mongolia).
Quick facts about Pinacosaurus:
- Existed from 145 million years ago to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a herbivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 18 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Pinacosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. Barsbold. 1972. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1967-1971. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:5-136
- S. Suzuki and M. Watabe. 2000. Report on the Japan–Mongolia Joint Paleontological Expedition to the Gobi desert, 1998. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 1:83-98
- W. Granger and W. K. Gregory. 1923. Protoceratops andrewsi, a pre-ceratopsian dinosaur from Mongolia, with an appendix on the structural relationships of the Protoceratops beds. American Museum Novitates 72:1-9
