Genus
Valid Extinct

Enigmosaurus

enigmatic lizard
Barsbold and Perle 1983

Enigmosaurus is a genus of therizinosauroid that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period. It was a medium-sized, ground-dwelling, bipedal herbivore that represents the third therizinosaur taxon from the Bayan Shireh Formation, although it is known from the lower part. The genus is monotypic, including only the type species E. mongoliensis, known from a well-preserved pelvis and other tentative body remains.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Enigmosaurus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Maniraptoriformes Unranked clade
Therizinosauria Unranked clade
Therizinosauroidea Superfamily
Therizinosauridae Family
Enigmosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Enigmosaurus mongoliensis 101 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Barsbold. 1983. Khishchnye dinosavry mela Mongoliy [Carnivorous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition 19:1-117
Bibliography (1)
P. J. Currie. 2000. Theropods from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia