Pinacosaurus
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Discovery and naming
- Additional species and synonyms
- Description
- Size and distinguishing traits
- Skull
- Postcranial skeleton
- Classification
- Paleobiology
- Diet
- Growth
- Vocalization
- Paleoenvironment
- See also
- References
Pinacosaurus (meaning "Plank lizard") is a genus of ankylosaurid thyreophoran dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian, roughly 75 to 71 million years ago), mainly in Mongolia and China.
The first remains of the genus were found in 1923, and the type species Pinacosaurus grangeri was named in 1933. Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus named in 1999, is a second possibly valid species differing from the type species in details of the skull armour. At least 24 Pinacosaurus skeletons have been found, possibly more than of any other ankylosaur. These predominantly consist of juveniles. Adult fossils have not been found in groups.
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