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long-neck giant
Tengrisaurus
Say it like this: “TEN-gree-SOR-us”
Tengrisaurus starkovi
Tengrisaurus ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Russia.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2017 · Averianov, A.; Skutschas, P.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 12 m · 39 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Russia · Murtoi
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Lithostrotia
The story in short
Tengrisaurus was formally named in 2017 by A. Averianov and P. Skutschas. The name means “tengri lizard.”
Fossils referred to Tengrisaurus date to the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian), roughly 137.1 to 132.6 million years ago. Finds come from Russia, including the Murtoi Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Tengrisaurus at a length near 12 m.
On the family tree it sits in Lithostrotia, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Atacamatitan
Atacamatitan chilensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Maastrichtian) · roughly 100.5 to 66 million years ago
Dreadnoughtus
Dreadnoughtus schrani
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Elaltitan
Elaltitan lilloi
Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) · roughly 89.8 to 85.7 million years ago