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Shamosaurus

Shamosaurus

Pronunciation:: shah-maw-sore-us
Name meaning:: 'desert lizard'

Shamosaurus

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Type of dinosaur:: armoured dinosaur

Diet:: herbivorous
When it lived:: Early Cretaceous, 121-99 million years ago
Found in:: Mongolia

A skull and partial skeleton of Shamosaurus have been found, but not enough to estimate its full length.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:: Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Ankylosauromorpha, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae
Named by:: Tumanova (1983)
Type species:: scutatus

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