Mongolostegus
Name:
Mongolostegus
(Mongolia roof).
Phonetic: Mon-go-la-steg-us.
Named By: A. Tumanova & V. R.
Alifanov - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Stegosauria, Stegosauridae.
Species: M. exspectabilis
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Mongolia.
Time period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Dorsal (back) and caudal
(tail) vertebrae and some pelvic fossils.
Mongolostegus
is a genus of stegosaurid
dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early
Cretaceous. Unfortunately details about Mongolostegus
are hard to
determine due to the overall lack of fossil remains for the genus.
Further reading
- First Record of
Stegosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Aptian-Albian of
Mongolia. - Paleontological Journal 52(14). - A.
Tumanova & V. R. Alifanov - 2018.
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