| Kamuysaurus | |
|---|---|
| Life restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Dinosauria |
| Order: | †Ornithischia |
| Infraorder: | †Ornithopoda |
| Family: | †Hadrosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Saurolophinae |
| Tribe: | †Edmontosaurini |
| Genus: | †Kamuysaurus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kamuysaurus japonicus Kobayashi et al., 2019 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Kamuysaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (72 ma - Campanian) deposits of Japan. It's skeleton is the largest ever found in Japan, growing up to 8 meters (26.24 feet) long. As with the case of all known hadrosaurids, the Kamuysaurus was a herbivore. Until 2019, Kamuysaurus was informally known as "Mukawaryu".
Over 60% of the skeleton is known.
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In popular culture[]
- Kamuysaurus appeared in Dinosaur Superworld/Amazing dinoworld.




