Name:
Abdarainurus
(Abdrant Nuru tail).
Phonetic: Ab-dah-ray-nu-rus.
Named By: Alexander Averianov & Alexey
Lopatin - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria.
Species: A. barsboldi
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Mongolia - Alagteeg Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Several caudal (tail)
vertebrae.
Not
much is known about the dinosaur Abdarainurus as
the genus is based
upon the description of several tail vertebrae. So far these
vertebrae seem to be different to what are known in other late
Cretaceous titanosaurs
from Asia.
Further reading
- An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of
Mongolia. - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. - Alexander
Averianov & Alexey Lopatin - 2020.
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