Enigmosaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-0282Baynshire Fm., Mongolia

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

1 find

90 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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