Saichania

Saichania

Pronunciation:
sigh-CHAN-ee-a
Name meaning:
'beautiful'
Saichania
armoured dinosaur silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
6.6m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 80 million years ago
Found in:
Mongolia
Saichania milieu

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae
Named by:
Maryañska (1977)
Type species:
chulsanensis

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