Abdarainurus
Field photograph to come
Abdarainurus
DV-1089 · type species Abdarainurus barsboldi
- Lived
- 86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Averianov and Lopatin 2020
Field notes
About Abdarainurus
Abdarainurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Abdarainurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Alagteeg Formation. It was named by Averianov and Lopatin in 2020.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Titanosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2020. An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(12):1009-1032