- Enigmosaurus
Taxobox|
name = "Enigmosaurus"
image_width = 250px
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Theropoda
familia =Therizinosauridae
genus = "Enigmosaurus"
species = "E. mongolensis"
binomial = "Enigmosaurus mongolensis"
binomial_authority = Barsbold & Perle,1983 "Enigmosaurus" (meaning "Puzzle Lizard") was a herbivorous
biped aldinosaur , in the familyTherizinosauridae , occurring in the lateCretaceous Period, about 95million years ago in what is nowMongolia , centralAsia . It reached up to 7 m long, with a height of 3 m and a weight of one tonne.The type species, "Enigmosaurus mongolensis", was named in 1983, Barsbold and Perle, from the puzzling and unusual shape of its pelvis (hips). It is a considerably larger dinosaur than the related "
Erlikosaurus ".
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