Asian Dinosaurs

• During the early part of the Mesozoic Era (the Triassic Period), Asia was joined with all the other continents in one super-continent known as Pangaea.
  
  
• By the Jurassic Period, Pangaea begun to break up into two smaller super-continents: Laurasia and Gondwanaland. Asia was part of the northern super-continent, Laurasia, which consisted of North America and Europe, as well as Asia (although India was still far to the South and joined to Gondwanaland, not Laurasia). South of Asia, lay the Tethys Sea (also sometimes known as the Tethys Ocean), and across that, the part of Gondwanaland that would eventually become Africa.
  
  
• By the Cretaceous Period, Laurasia begun to break-up: North America separated from Europe, and the Atlantic Ocean gradually opened up between the two. Meanwhile, the Tethys Sea shrank in size, and would eventually disappear, as Africa move North. India also moved northwards towards Asia, eventually it too would collide with Asia (giving rise to the Himalayas)

Dinosaur	Dinosaur Location
Adasaurus	Adasaurus lived in Mongolia.
Alectrosaurus	Alectrosaurus lived in what is now the Gobi Desert, in Mongolia and China.
Alioramus	Alioramus lived in Mongolia.
Altirhinus	Altirhinus lived in Mongolia.
Alxasaurus	Alxasaurus lived in what is today the Inner Mongolia region of China.
Anchiornis	Anchiornis lived in China.
Avimimus	Avimimus lived in Mongolia.
Bactrosaurus	Bactrosaurus lived in eastern China.
Caudipteryx	Caudipteryx lived in China.
Dilong	Dilong lived in China.
Dilophosaurus	Dilophosaurus lived in North America and Asia.
Epidexipteryx	Epidexipteryx lived in the Inner Mongolia region of China.
Gallimimus	Gallimimus lived in Mongolia.
Gigantspinosaurus	Gigantspinosaurus lived in China.
Guanlong	Guanlong lived in China.
Iguanodon	Iguanodon lived in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
Mamenchisaurus	Mamenchisaurus lived in North America and Asia.
Microraptor	Microraptor lived in Northeast China.
Nanyangosaurus	Nanyangosaurus lived in China.
Nemegtosaurus	Nemegtosaurus lived in Mongolia.
Nipponosaurus	Nipponosaurus lived in eastern Asia.
Nomingia	Nomingia lived in Mongolia.
Ornithomimus	Ornithomimus lived in North America and Asia.
Oviraptor	Oviraptor lived in Mongolia, and possibly China.
Pinacosaurus	Pinacosaurus lived in China and Mongolia.
Prenocephale	Prenocephale lived in Mongolia, and possibly North America too.
Protarchaeopteryx	Protarchaeopteryx lived in China.
Protoceratops	Protoceratops lived in Mongolia.
Psittacosaurus	Psittacosaurus lived in China, Mongolia and Siberia.
Saichania	Saichania lived in southern Mongolia.
Saurolophus	Saurolophus lived in North America and Asia.
Sinornithoides	Sinornithoides lived in China.
Sinosauropteryx	Sinosauropteryx lived in China.
Sinovenator	Sinovenator lived in China.
Talarurus	Talarurus lived in Mongolia.
Tarbosaurus	Tarbosaurus lived in Asia.
Tarchia	Tarchia lived in Mongolia.
Torosaurus	Torosaurus lived in North America and Asia.
Tuojiangosaurus	Tuojiangosaurus lived in China.
Tyrannosaurus rex	Tyrannosaurus rex lived in North America and Asia.
Ultrasaurus	Ultrasaurus lived in Korea.
Velociraptor	Velociraptor lived in China and Mongolia.
Xiongguanlong	Xiongguanlong lived in China.
Yangchuanosaurus	Yangchuanosaurus lived in China.

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