Bactrosaurus was a genus of herbivorous dinosaurs that lived in the Late Cretaceous about 70 million years ago in what is now eastern China. It was one of the earliest known hadrosaurs to occupy the Cretaceous, making its discovery a significant find. It was a close relative of Lambeosaurus. Charles W. Gilmore named it in 1933 as \"Bactrosaurus,\" meaning \"club lizard\" in reference to its club-shaped neural spines, which project from some of the animal's vertebrae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It had three stacked teeth for each visible tooth, small maxillary teeth, and a convincing build for a hadrosaur with an iguanodont-like feature. It was a bipedal dinosaur but could go on all fours when feeding. It was a herbivorous dinosaur that fed on leaves and twigs of larger growth, like today's deer or giraffes. It had club-like neural spines projecting from some of the animal's vertebrae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bactrosaurus was estimated to be 6.2 m long and weighed between 1.2 and 3.6 tons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n