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'''Tsintaosaurus''' is an extinct genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from China. It was about 10 m (33 ft) long and 3.6 m (12 ft) tall.
A hadrosaur, ''Tsintaosaurus'' had a characteristic 'duck bill' snout and a battery of powerful teeth which it used to chew vegetation. It usually walked on all fours, but could rear up on its hind legs to scout for predators and flee when it spotted one. Like other hadrosaurs, ''Tsintaosaurus'' probably lived in herds.
''Tsintaosaurus'' was initially reconstructed with a unicorn-like crest on its snout. Although the 'crest' was later identified as a broken skull bone—indicating the specimen was actually ''Tanius''—a second specimen with the horn has since been discovered.
The type species is ''T. spinorhinus'', first described by C. C. Young in 1958.

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★ ''Tsintaosaurus'' in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia at DinoRuss' Lair