Kamuysaurus
- Date
- 2003 · confidence medium
- Place
- Mukawa, Hokkaido, Japan
- Credited to
- Yoshiyuki Horita
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Genus of herbivorous hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous found in marine deposits near Mukawa (Hokkaido) by amateur fossil hunter Yoshiyuki Horita.
What it led to
- One of the most complete dinosaur skeletons found in Japan
- Boost to Japanese palaeontology
- Nicknamed the "dragon god" (Kamuy, in the Ainu language)