Nanningosaurus dashiensis

† Nanningosaurus dashiensis is a Late Cretaceous titanosaurian sauropod from Guangxi Province, China. A large quadrupedal herbivore, it represents the titanosaur diversity of southern China close to the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Nanningosaurus dashiensis 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

Nanningosaurus dashiensis 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.