Pinacosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)

Taxon Fossil Taxon Q31422

Facts

10 properties

Instance of: fossil taxon
End time: -75000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[7]
Length: 5.0^[9]
Location of discovery: People's Republic of China^[4]
Main food source: herbivore^[8]
Parent taxon: Ankylosauridae^[3]
Start time: -80000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[6]
Taxon name: Pinacosaurus^[5]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]
Time period: Late Cretaceous^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

en Pinacosaurus ar بيناكوصور es Ninghsiasaurus es Pinacosaurio fa پیناکوسور he פינקוזאורוס it Pinacosauro it Syrmosaurus ja ピナコサウルス ko 피나코사우루스 pl Pinacosaurus pl Pinakozaur pt Pinacosaurus pt Pinacosaurus grangeri pt Pinacossauro pt Pinacossaurus zh 繪龍屬 zh-hans 绘龙属

🔖 Identifiers · 10

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Pinacosaurus.jpg ↗
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 4530851
Fossilworks taxon ID: 38833
Freebase ID: /m/09l3w4
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 4574575
IRMNG ID: 1115188
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2780517474
Open Tree of Life ID: 4946566
Topic's main category: Category:Pinacosaurus
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Dinosaur", "Genus:Pinacosaurus"]

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🔗 Connections

Location of discovery 1

People's Republic of China

Main food source 1

herbivore

Parent taxon 1

Ankylosauridae

Taxon rank 1

genus

Time period 1

Late Cretaceous

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Summary

Pinacosaurus is a fossil taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Pinacosaurus — taxon rank (P105): genus. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Pinacosaurus — parent taxon (P171): Ankylosauridae. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Pinacosaurus — location of discovery (P189): People's Republic of China. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Pinacosaurus — taxon name (P225): Pinacosaurus. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Pinacosaurus — start time (P580): 80000000 BC. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Pinacosaurus — end time (P582): 75000000 BC. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Pinacosaurus — main food source (P1034): herbivore. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Pinacosaurus — length (P2043): 5.0 m. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Pinacosaurus — time period (P2348): Late Cretaceous. nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Pinacosaurus is an instance of fossil taxon (Q23038290) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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