Mongolostegus
Mongolostegus exspectabilis
Resurrected on:
11 dec. 2020
Genus information
Mongolostegus is a genus of stegosaur that lived during the Lower Cretaceous epoch of Mongolia. The fossil evidence is scarce, with only a few vertebrae and some pelvic fossils available. Nevertheless, it is thought that it could grow up to 2.3 meters at the shoulders and reach a length of 7 meters.
Family:
Distribution:
Epoch:
Stegosauridae
Asia
Lower Cretaceous
Species information
The genus of Mongolostegus consists of a single species: M. expextabilis. Alifanov already named the stegosaur in 2005 and 2012. In 2016, Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis, which is now a synonym of M. expectabilis, was found to be invalid and eventually named by Tumanova and Alifanov in 2018.
Species:
Paleontologist:
Distribution:
Epoch:
Mongolostegus exspectabilis
Tumanova & Alifanov, 2018
Asia
Lower Cretaceous
Length:
Height:
Weight:
7.0 m
2.3 m
3.000 kg
Reference:
Tumanova, T. A., & Alifanov, V. R. (2018). First record of stegosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal, 52(14), 1771-1779.
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