Monkonosaurus
Name:
Monkonosaurus
(Monkon lizard).
Phonetic: Mon-kon-o-sore-us.
Named By: Zhao - 1983.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Stegosauria.
Species: M. lawulacus
(type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Uncertain but roughly estimated to be about
5 meters long.
Known locations: Tibet - Loe-ein/Lura Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains,
specifically a pelvis, vertebrae and three back plates.
Monkonosaurus is a dubious genus of stegosaur that lived in what is now Tibet during the late Jurassic. Monkonosaurus is considered to be dubious because only a few bones are known, and these may not be diagnostic enough to assign further fossil remains to.
Further reading
- Phylogeny and Evolutionary Stages of Dinosauria. - Acta
Palaeontologia Polonica 28 (1/2): 295-306. - Zhao -
1983.
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