Tengrisaurus
Field photograph to come
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
135 million years ago
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