Mongolostegus
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Mongolostegus
DV-1033 · type species Mongolostegus exspectabilis
- Lived
- 121 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Stegosaurs, Stegosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Tumanova and Alifanov 2018
Field notes
About Mongolostegus
Mongolostegus was a plant-eating stegosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 121 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Stegosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Mongolostegus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Dzunbain Formation. It was named by Tumanova and Alifanov in 2018.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
110 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Stegosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. A. Tumanova and V. R. Alifanov. 2018. First record of stegosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Aptian–Albian of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 52(14):1771-1779