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long-neck giant
Abdarainurus
Say it like this: “ab-duh-RAY-noo-rus”
Abdarainurus barsboldi
Abdarainurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Averianov, A. O.; Lopatin, A. V.
- Hip height
- 2.6 m · 9 ft
- Length
- 15 m · 49 ft
- Weight
- 10 tonnes
- Found in
- Mongolia · Alagteeg
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Somphospondyli
The story in short
Abdarainurus was formally named in 2020 by A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Alagteeg Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Abdarainurus at a length near 15 m, hips about 2.6 m high, and a body mass around 10 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Somphospondyli, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Angolatitan
Angolatitan adamastor
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago
Arkharavia
Arkharavia heterocoelica
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Astrophocaudia
Astrophocaudia slaughteri
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago