What is Shantungosaurus?
{{speciesbox | fossil_range = [[Upper Cretaceous]] <br/>70 mya | image = Laika ac Dino Kingdom 2012 (7882291466).jpg | image_caption = Restored skeletons | display_parents = 3 | genus = Shantungosaurus | species = giganteus }} [[File:Shantungosaurus-v4.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Artist's restoration]] [[File:Largestornithopods scale.png|thumb|230px|right|''Shantungosaurus'' (blue) compared with other giant ornithopods]] '''''Shantungosaurus''''' was a huge [[hadrosaur]] found in the [[Upper Cretaceous]] Wangshi Formation of the [[Shandong Peninsula]] in [[China]]. It was the largest known hadrosaur. The skeleton of a medium-sized individual mounted at the [[Geological Institute of China]] in [[Beijing]] is {{convert|14.72|m|ft}} in length,<ref name=DFG97>{{cite book|chapter=Shantungosaurus |last=Glut |first=Donald F. |authorlink=|title=Dinosaurs: the encyclopedia |url=https://archive.org/details/dinosaursencyclo0000glut |year=1997 |publisher=McFarland & Co |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |pages=[https://archive.org/details/dinosaursencyclo0000glut/page/816 816]–817 |isbn=0-89950-917-7 }}</ref> and the [[holotype|type]] skull is {{convert|1.63|m|ft}} long.<ref name=HCPF01>{{cite book |author=Hu Chengzhi |display-authors = etal |year=2001 |title=Shantungosaurus giganteus |pages=123–135 [English abstract] |location=Beijing |publisher=Geological Publishing House |language=Chinese |isbn=7-116-03472-2 }}</ref> The weight of this genus is estimated at up to {{convert|16|t|ST}}.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/801843269|title=The dinosauria|date=2004|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-94143-4|location=Berkeley, Calif.|oclc=801843269}}</ref> With a composite mounted skeleton 17&nbsp;meters long (55.7&nbsp;ft) it is the largest known [[ornithischia]]n and the largest non-[[sauropod]] dinosaur.<ref name=XZetal07>{{cite journal |last=Zhao |first=X. |display-authors = etal |year=2007 |title=''Zhuchengosaurus maximus'' from Shandong Province |journal=Acta Geoscientia Sinica |volume=28