Abdarainurus

Abdarainurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous 85–72.1 Ma
Skeletal reconstruction with known material in white
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Genus: Abdarainurus
Averianov & Lopatin, 2020
Type species
Abdarainurus barsboldi
Averianov & Lopatin, 2020

Abdarainurus (meaning "Abdrant Nuru tail" after the holotype locality) is a genus of titanosaur dinosaur from the Alagteeg Formation in Mongolia. The type and only species is A. barsboldi. Currently seen as an indeterminate titanosaur, it may represent a previously unknown lineage of Asian macronarians.[1] Abdarainurus is not known from many remains; it is only known from eight front tail vertebrae and a middle tail vertebra and several chevrons.

  1. ^ Averianov, A.O.; Lopatin, A.V. (2020). "An unusual new sauropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (12): 1009–1032. Bibcode:2020JSPal..18.1009A. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1716402. S2CID 214244529.