Sauropod dinosaur genus from Late Cretaceous Period
Nemegtosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70–66 Ma
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Cast of the skull of Nemegtosaurus on a reconstructed Opisthocoelicaudia skeleton, Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Clade:
Dinosauria
Clade:
Saurischia
Clade:
†Sauropodomorpha
Clade:
†Sauropoda
Clade:
†Macronaria
Clade:
†Titanosauria
Family:
†Nemegtosauridae
Genus:
†Nemegtosaurus Nowinski, 1971
Species
†N. mongoliensis Nowinski, 1971 (type)
†N. pachi Dong, 1977 (nomen dubium)
Nemegtosaurus (meaning 'Reptile from the Nemegt') was a sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia. It was named after the Nemegt Basin in the Gobi Desert, where the remains — a single skull — were found. The skull resembles diplodocoids in being long and low, with pencil-shaped teeth. However, recent work has shown that Nemegtosaurus is in fact a titanosaur, closely related to animals such as Saltasaurus,[1]Alamosaurus and Rapetosaurus.
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that Nemegtosaurus is in fact a titanosaur, closely related to animals such as Saltasaurus, Alamosaurus and Rapetosaurus. The skull of Nemegtosaurus comes...
of Nemegtosaurus, the name Nemegtosaurus would remain valid while Opisthocoelicaudia would become invalid. Both Opisthocoelicaudia and Nemegtosaurus were...
referring to the fossil's origin in Mongolia. It is possible that Nemegtosaurus, also known from only skull material, is a very close relative of Quaesitosaurus...
titanosaur genera, nearly complete skulls have been described for only four: Nemegtosaurus, Rapetosaurus, Sarmientosaurus, and Tapuiasaurus. As is the case in...
the skull of Nemegtosaurus was found in the same formation as the headless skeleton of Opisthocoelicaudia, McIntosh (1990) kept Nemegtosaurus in Diplodocoidea...
animals. One example is the case of a Cretaceous sauropod skull of Nemegtosaurus found in association with the postcranial skeleton Opisthocoelicaudia...
such as Saurolophus and Barsboldia, and maybe even sauropods, such as Nemegtosaurus. Tarbosaurus is represented by dozens of fossil specimens, including...
494..168S. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.027. Nowinski, A. (1971). "Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis n. gen., n. sp. (Sauropoda) from the uppermost Cretaceous...
rings of several sauropodomorph genera (Diplodocus, Lufengosaurus, Nemegtosaurus, Plateosaurus, and Riojasaurus) and modern birds and reptiles suggest...
sauropod, measuring only six meters in length. †Nemegtosaurus †Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis †Nemegtosaurus pachi 70 Ma Nemegt Formation, Omnogovi Province...
the United States Geological Survey. 179: 1–868. Nowinski, A (1971). "Nemegtosaurus mongoliensis n. gen., n. sp. (Sauropoda) from the uppermost Cretaceous...
taxon Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis. Remains of a sauropod, likely Nemegtosaurus, and a hadrosaurid, likely Jaxartosaurus, have also been found. The...
Deinocheirus; hadrosaurids Barsboldia and Saurolophus; titanosaurs Nemegtosaurus and Opisthocoelicaudia; and the apex predator Tarbosaurus. Additional...
hadrosaurids such as Saurolophus and Barsboldia, and sauropods such as Nemegtosaurus, and Opisthocoelicaudia. Predatory theropods that lived alongside Deinocheirus...
hadrosaurids such as Saurolophus and Barsboldia, and sauropods such as Nemegtosaurus and Opisthocoelicaudia. Predatory theropods that lived alongside Gallimimus...
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