Shamosaurus scutatus Shamosaurus

"Etymology TBD"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Shamosaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ankylosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria

Shamosaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous basal ankylosaurid ankylosaur from Early Cretaceous (Aptian to Albian stage) deposits of Höövör, Mongolia.

What we know

  • Named by Tumanova, 1983.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.