Neimongosaurus
Neimongosaurus | |
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Skeletal reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | † Therizinosauroidea
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Family: | †Therizinosauridae |
Genus: | †Neimongosaurus Zhang et al 2001 |
Type species | |
†Neimongosaurus yangi Zhang et al 2001
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Neimongosaurus (meaning "
Discovery and naming
Neimongosaurus is a
Based on these remains, the type species, Neimongosaurus yangi, was formally named and described by Zhang Xiaohong, Xu Xing, Paul Sereno, Kwang Xuewen and Tan Lin in 2001. The generic name is derived from Nei Mongol, the Chinese name for Inner Mongolia. The specific name honours Yang Zhongjian.[1]
Description
Neimongosaurus is thought to have been a small-sized therizinosaur, from 2.3 to 3 m (7.5 to 9.8 ft) in length and weighing 91 to 227 kg (201 to 500 lb).[2][3]
Neimongosaurus was a bipedal and ponderous animal with well developed hindlimbs. The femur measured 36.6 cm (366 mm) long, having a straight shaft, the
Classification
The original describers of the genus assigned Neimongosaurus to the
Therizinosauridae |
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Paleobiology
In a 2006 conference abstract, Sara Burch presented the inferred range of motion in the arms of the therizinosaur Neimongosaurus and concluded the overall motion at the
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Zhang, X.-H.; Xu, X.; Zhao, Z.-J.; Sereno, P. C.; Kuang, X.-W.; Tan, L. (2001). "A long-necked therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol, People's Republic of China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 39 (4): 282–290.
- ISBN 9780691167664.
- S2CID 83726237.
- S2CID 53405097.
- PMID 31333906.
- S2CID 220413406.