Dinosaurs · Large theropod
Nanshiungosaurus
Say it nahn-shyung-oh-sore-us. The name means ‘Nanxiong lizard’.
- Length
- 4.4 m
- Diet
- Ate plants and animals
- When
- Late Cretaceous84 to 71 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- China
- Named by
- Dong (1979)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Therizinosauroidea › Therizinosauridae
Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63
Lived at the same time
- Alectrosaurus · same country
- Archaeornithomimus · same country
- Bactrosaurus · same country
- Microceratus · same country
- Micropachycephalosaurus · same country
- Sonidosaurus · same country
- Tanius · same country
- Tsintaosaurus · same country
Other large theropods
- Anserimimus Late Cretaceous
- Aucasaurus Late Cretaceous
- Dryptosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Majungasaurus Late Cretaceous
- Gorgosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Alectrosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Albertosaurus Late Cretaceous
- Daspletosaurus Late Cretaceous
Source: Nanshiungosaurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.