Nurosaurus

Not to be confused with Naosaurus, a genus of pelycosaur.

Close-up of the head and neck

Nurosaurus
Temporal range:
Mounted skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordateia
Superorder:
Sauropoda
Order:
Sauropsida
Infraorder:
Titanosauridae
Genus:
Nurosaurus
Type species
Nurosaurus qaganensis
Synonyms
  • Nuoerosaurus
  • Nuoerosaurus chaganensis
  • Nurosaurus chaganensis

Nurosaurus is the informal name given to a genus of Sauropod dinosaur. It was from the Cretaceous period in Inner Mongolia, China. It was a herbivore or plant-eater.[1] "Nurosaurus" grew to about 25 metres (82 ft) long.[2] The proposed binomial name is Nurosaurus qaganensis (Dong 1992).[3]

References
  1. Ian Webster. "Nurosaurus pictures and facts". DinosaurPictures.org. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  2. "Nurosaurus qaganensis". Dinochecker.com. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  3. "Nurosaurus qaganensis Dong 1992 (sauropod)". Fossilworks. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
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