Enigmosaurus
Field photograph to come
Enigmosaurus
DV-0282 · type species Enigmosaurus mongoliensis
- Lived
- 101 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Theropods, Therizinosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Barsbold and Perle 1983
Field notes
About Enigmosaurus
Enigmosaurus was a plant-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Therizinosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Enigmosaurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Barsbold and Perle in 1983.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Therizinosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Barsbold. 1983. Khishchnye dinosavry mela Mongoliy [Carnivorous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition 19:1-117