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armored dinosaur
Maleevus
Say it like this: “mahl-YAY-yev-us”
Maleevus disparoserratus
Maleevus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian) · roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 1987 · Tumanova, T. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 6 m · 20 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Mongolia · Bayanshiree
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- armored dinosaur · Ankylosaur
- Family branch
- Ankylosauridae
The story in short
The genus Maleevus dates to 1987, the year T. A. Tumanova described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Maleevus date to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Santonian), roughly 100.5 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Bayanshiree Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Maleevus at a length near 6 m.
On the family tree it sits in Ankylosauridae, among the armored dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aletopelta
Aletopelta coombsi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Cedarpelta
Cedarpelta bilbeyhallorum
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Chuanqilong
Chuanqilong chaoyangensis
Early Cretaceous (Aptian) · roughly 121.4 to 113.2 million years ago