Gobisaurus
Sign in to saveGobisaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous basal ankylosaurid ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China (Nei Mongol Zizhiqu). The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Gobisaurus domoculus.
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- Parent taxon
- Ankylosauridae
- Image
- Gobisaurus.jpg
- Length
- 5.0
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- genus
- taxon name
- Gobisaurus
- Commons category
- Gobisaurus
- time period
- Early Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- China
- main food source
- herbivore
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Gobisaurus is an extinct genus of herbivorous basal ankylosaurid ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China (Nei Mongol Zizhiqu). The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Gobisaurus domoculus.
==Discovery and naming== left|thumb|Life restoration The Sino-Soviet Expeditions (1959–1960) discovered an ankylosaurian skeleton in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia near Moartu, in the region of the Alashan Desert. The find was largely neglected until fossils were selected for a travelling exhibition touring the globe between 1990 and 1997, in the context of the China-Canada Dinosaur Project. The postcranial skeleton could not be located but the skull was displayed, informally labelled "Gobisaurus", at the time a nomen nudum.
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