Nipponosaurus sachalinensis

† Nipponosaurus sachalinensis is a Late Cretaceous hadrosaur from Sakhalin Island, Russia (then Japanese territory). A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid ~7 m long, it represents the northernmost known hadrosaur from the Asian Pacific margin.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Nipponosaurus sachalinensis was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Nipponosaurus sachalinensis lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100.5 to 66.0 million years ago.

The final age of dinosaurs, featuring iconic species like Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor. Dinosaurs reached their peak diversity before the catastrophic asteroid impact at the Chicxulub crater ended the Mesozoic Era.