Mongolostegus

Name: Mongolostegus ‭(‬Mongolia roof‭)‬.
Phonetic: Mon-go-la-steg-us.
Named By: A.‭ ‬Tumanova‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Alifanov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Stegosauria,‭ ‬Stegosauridae.
Species: M.‭ ‬exspectabilis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Mongolia.
Time period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Dorsal‭ (‬back‭) ‬and caudal‭ (‬tail‭) ‬vertebrae and some pelvic fossils.

       Mongolostegus is a genus of stegosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Unfortunately details about Mongolostegus are hard to determine due to the overall lack of fossil remains for the genus.

Further reading
-‭ ‬First Record of Stegosaur‭ (‬Ornithischia,‭ ‬Dinosauria‭) ‬from the Aptian-Albian of Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontological Journal‭ ‬52‭(‬14‭)‬.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Tumanova‭ & ‬V.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Alifanov‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.



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