PNSO announces a new Chinese ornithopod dinosaur model for 2026. Everything Dinosaur will be stocking this figure (Lanqi the Lanzhousaurus) shortly. This herbivorous dinosaur was described in the Geological Bulletin of China in September 2005. It is famous for having over-sized teeth, far larger than the teeth of similarly sized ornithopods such as Iguanodon bernissartensis.
PNSO Lanqi the Lanzhousaurus (L. magnidens) dinosaur model which is new for 2026. This ornithopod was formally named and described in 2005.
Lanqi the Lanzhousaurus
The model represents an Early Cretaceous ornithopod from central China. It was a robust animal with an estimated body length of around ten metres and a body weight of approximately six tonnes. The PNSO Lanzhousaurus model measures 25.8 cm in length. We are not aware of any declared scale, but we calculate that based on an adult animal being around ten metres long, this figure is in roughly 1:40 scale.
The Lanzhousaurus model measures over twenty-five centimetres in length.
The type specimen is reference number GSLTZP01-001, and it represents a partial skeleton with both cranial and postcranial material. Remarkably, the bones of this dinosaur were preserved in 3D and do not have much lateral compression. Its type locality is Zhongpu, Lintao county in Gansu Province. It is thought the deposits from where the fossils were excavated date from the Barremian/Aptian. When formally described (You, Ji and Li), Lanzhousaurus was differentiated from other iguanodontians in possessing extremely large teeth and a low tooth count per tooth row (fourteen). The dorsal neural spines were described as being moderately tall.
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The Lanqi the Lanzhousaurus figure is supplied with a colour A3-sized Sci-Art poster and a full-colour, 52-page booklet.
Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:
“We are delighted to see that this remarkable dinosaur is going to be added to the PNSO range. It had the largest known teeth of any herbivorous dinosaur known to science.”
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