- 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
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