Shamosaurus

Pronunciation:
shah-maw-sore-us
Name meaning:
'desert lizard'
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 121-99 million years ago
Found in:
Mongolia

A skull and partial skeleton of Shamosaurus have been found, but not enough to estimate its full length.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae
Named by:
Tumanova (1983)
Type species:
scutatus