Dinosaur: Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis
Cretaceous: 72.1–66 Ma
| Length*: | 12.4 m | 40.7 ft |
| Weight*: | 6 tons | 13,228 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Early Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Nowinski
Year: 1971
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Mongolia
Region: Ömnögovi
Formation: Nemegt
Sources
Material: Nearly complete skull, lower jaws, caudal centrum, femur, tibia, fibula, astragalus, pedal ungual, referred nearly complete skull with lower jaws and 5 dorsal vertebrae ?
References: Currie et al. (2018). "Rediscovery of the type localities of the Late Cretaceous Mongolian sauropods Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis and Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii : Stratigraphic and taxonomic implications".
Locations
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