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Kerberosaurus

Say it: ker-ber-oh-SORE-us

Name means: “Kerberos lizard, after the three-headed dog of Greek mythology”1

Ate: PlantsDuck-billsLate Cretaceous

Kerberosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now Russia. It had a flat head and a wide, flattened crest around its nostrils. This plant-eater could walk on two legs or all fours.1

Lived

72 to 66 million years ago2

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Amur Region, Far Eastern Russia1

Food

Plants1 2

Length

8 m1

estimate

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

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How long was it?

as long as 8 dogs nose to tailas long as 44 bananas end to end

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Fun facts

Kerberosaurus is named after Kerberos, the three-headed dog that guarded the underworld in Greek myths.1

Its fossils were found in a bonebed with many other dinosaurs, including Amurosaurus, turtles, crocodiles, and even meat-eaters.1

Scientists think Kerberosaurus was closely related to Saurolophus and Prosaurolophus, which lived in North America.1

Kerberosaurus lived about 66 million years ago, right at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

The first fossils of Kerberosaurus were discovered in 1984, but the dinosaur was not named until 2004.1

Kerberosaurus had a narrow frontal bone on its skull and a unique shape to its braincase.1

AI-made picture of Kerberosaurus — An AI-made picture of how Kerberosaurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Kerberosaurus

?How big was Kerberosaurus?

Kerberosaurus was about 8 metres (26 feet) long.1

?What did Kerberosaurus eat?

Kerberosaurus was a plant-eater. It ate plant matter using its complex teeth.1

?When did Kerberosaurus live?

Kerberosaurus lived about 66 million years ago, at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs.1

?Where was Kerberosaurus found?

Kerberosaurus was found in Russia, in the Amur Region near Blagoveshchensk.1

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Myth buster

Myth: Kerberosaurus might be the same dinosaur as Kundurosaurus.

Truth: Some scientists think Kundurosaurus is a younger name for the same animal, but others are not sure.2

For dino experts

Scientific name: Kerberosaurus
Named by: Bolotsky and Godefroit 20042
Group: Duck-bills
Family / clade: Hadrosauridae2
Classification: Ornithischia > Ornithopoda > Iguanodontia > Hadrosauridae2
Age of the rocks: 72 to 66 million years (Maastrichtian)2
Rock formations: Udurchukan2
Countries: Russia2
Fossil records: 2 in the Paleobiology Database2
Also known as: Kundurosaurus (older names now counted as the same animal)2
Discovery: Yuri Bolotsky and the Amur Complex Integrated Research Institute found the first fossils in 1984 at a bonebed near Blagoveschensk, Russia. The dinosaur was named Kerberosaurus manakini by Bolotsky and Pascal Godefroit in 2004.1
Still debated: Scientists debate whether Kerberosaurus is the same as Kundurosaurus, another duck-billed dinosaur from the same area.2

Where the facts come from

Kerberosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
Kerberosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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