Tengrisaurus

Field photograph to come

DV-1000Murtoi Fm., Russia

Tengrisaurus

DV-1000 · type species Tengrisaurus starkovi

Lived
137 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Russia
Named by
Averianov and Skutschas 2017

Field notes

About Tengrisaurus

Tengrisaurus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 137 to 133 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tengrisaurus, from Russia. Its fossils come from the Murtoi Formation. It was named by Averianov and Skutschas in 2017.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

135 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Eutitanosauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. Averianov and P. Skutschas. 2017. A new lithostrotian titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia. Biological Communications 62(1):6-18