Wannanosaurus
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Wannanosaurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous 80 mya
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Genus: | Wannanosaurus
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Wannanosaurus is the smallest known ornithischian dinosaur. Its length is estimated at just less than a metre.[1] It lived in the Upper Cretaceous, about 80 million years ago, and was found in Anhui, China.[2]
It is known from a single partial skeleton, including a partial skull roof and lower jaw, an upper leg and lower leg, part of a rib, and other fragments. It was herbivorous, but may also have eaten insects. Wannosaurus means Wanno lizard. It is one of several pachycephalosaurs with flat-topped skulls.