Dinosaur genus

Barsboldia

Maryanska and Osmólska 1981

Barsboldia is a dinosaur genus known from bones, found in rocks 72.2–66 million years old, in Mongolia.

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At a glance

Data as of 12 October 2026

72.2–66 Ma

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114366

The last non-bird dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago. That's as far from us as the end of this bar.

Named by: Maryanska and Osmólska 1981
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Described in: T. Maryanska, H. Osmólska (1981). First lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Nemegt Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 26(3-1): 243–255.
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medium: Only PBDB gives this; its author and year match the naming authority (Maryanska and Osmólska 1981).
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. The publication the Paleobiology Database gives as the authority for this genus name, usually the one that first named and described it.
Type species: Barsboldia sicinskii
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Lived: Maastrichtian, 72.2–66 million years ago
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Omnisaura calculation72.2–66 million years ago, from its dated fossil records
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Fossils found in: Mongolia
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Union of all sources (ISO 3166).
Rock formations: Nemegt
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: Canonical names, automatic and editor-approved matches applied.
Family: Hadrosauridae
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Parent group: Saurolophinae
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Given by: Paleobiology Database. How it was chosen: PBDB leads.
Named after: Rinchen Barsbold
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Given by: Wikidata. How it was chosen: Wikidata leads.
Known from: Bones
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Given by: Paleobiology Database (what the name was based on).

Sources: Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0), Natural History Museum Data Portal (CC0 1.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0)Confidence levels and gaps are Omnisaura's own assessment.

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What isn't known yet

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Common names: no source we use gives it yet.
Resting on one source: 6 facts come from a single source with nothing against them (rated medium): authority (PBDB); type species (PBDB); parent group (PBDB); family (PBDB); age (headline) (PBDB); named after (Wikidata).

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Where sources disagree

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Did it meet…?

Did Barsboldia meet ?

Same time, different places. Their fossils overlap in age, 72.2 to 66 million years ago, but no rock formation holds both.

Going by the ages and rock formations of their dated fossils, as on the map. Compare their fossil sites on the map.

Lived alongside

Genera found in the same rock formations, from rocks of the same age.

Tarbosaurus Saurolophus Gallimimus Avimimus Coralloidoolithus Deinocheirus Macroolithus Elongatoolithus Mononykus Oksoko Prenocephale Elmisaurus Homalocephale Ovaloolithus Therizinosaurus Adasaurusand 13 more

Same family

Other genera in Hadrosauridae with a full profile.

Acheralichnus Acristavus Adelolophus Adynomosaurus Ahshislesaurus Ajnabia Amurosaurus Anasazisaurus Angulomastacator Aquilarhinus Aralosaurus Arenysaurus Augustynolophus Blasisaurus Bonapartesaurus Brachylophosaurusand 23 more

Where its fossils were found

2 fossil sites, with present-day and ancient positions

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Cite this page

Omnisaura (2026). Barsboldia. Future Sailors. https://www.omnisaura.com/genera/barsboldia. Data as of 12 October 2026.

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12 Oct 2026
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Pictures

1 openly licensed picture of Barsboldia on Wikimedia Commons and museum sites, each with its own author and licence.

Barsboldia sicinskii (2).jpg
Creator:Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY 3.0

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Where this page comes from

Paleobiology DatabaseCC BY 4.0 · fossil records, ages, classification
Natural History Museum Data PortalCC0 1.0 · catalogued specimens
WikidataCC0 1.0 · names and identifiers
OmnisauraOmnisaura editorial · confidence levels and gaps
PaleoMAP PaleoCoastlines (Kocsis and Scotese 2021)CC BY 4.0 · ancient coastlines on the small map
Natural EarthPublic domain · today's coastlines

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