Nemegtosaurus
genus of reptiles (fossil)
Nemegtosaurus is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur found in Mongolia. A possible synonym of Nemegtosaurus is Opisthocoelicaudia. It was named after the place it was discovered, the Nemegt Basin.
Nemegtosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Cast of the skull of Nemegtosaurus, on a mounted Opisthocoelicaudia skeleton, Museum of Evolution of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Titanosauria |
Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
Family: | †Nemegtosauridae |
Genus: | †Nemegtosaurus Nowinski, 1971 |
Species | |
N. mongoliensis Nowinski, 1971 (type) | |
Synonyms | |