Tengrisaurus Temporal range: Barremian-Aptian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Order: | Saurischia |
Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
Clade: | †Sauropoda |
Clade: | †Titanosauria |
Clade: | †Lithostrotia |
Genus: |
†Tengrisaurus Averianov & Skutschas, 2017 |
Type species | |
Tengrisaurus starkovi Averianov & Skutschas, 2017 |
Tengrisaurus is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod, from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian), of the Murtoi Formation, Russia. It was described in 2017 by Averianov & Skutschas. The type species is T. starkovi.
Tengrisaurus starkovi is based on three caudal vertebrae. The genus is characterized by strongly procoelous anterior and middle caudal vertebrae, with strongly developed pre-epipophyses, highly pneumatic neural spine, and solid bone structure of the centrum.