Name:
Tengrisaurus
(Tengri lizard).
Phonetic: Ten-gre-sor-us.
Named By: A. Averianov & P. Skutschas
- 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Sauropoda, Titanosauria, Lithostrotia.
Species: T. starkovi (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Barremian/Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Time period: Russia - Murtoi Formation.
Fossil representation: Three caudal vertebrae.
Tengrisaurus
is a genus of titanosaurian
dinosaur that lived in Russia during the
early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from
the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia. - Biological
Communications. 62 (1): 6–18. - A. Averianov &
P. Skutschas - 2017.