Mongolostegus

Mongolostegus; Temporal range: ; Early Cretaceous, Aptian–Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Order:	†Ornithischia
Clade:	†Thyreophora
Suborder:	†Stegosauria
Family:	†Stegosauridae
Genus:	†Mongolostegus; Tumanova and Alifanov, 2018
Type species
	†Mongolostegus exspectabilis; Tumanova and Alifanov, 2018
Synonyms
	Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis Ulansky, 2014;

Mongolostegus (meaning "Mongolian roof") is a genus of stegosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) of Mongolia. The type and only species is M. exspectabilis, known from a single specimen previously under the nomen nudum Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis.^[1]

Discovery and description[]

Mongolostegus was first reported by Alifanov et al. (2005) and Alifanov (2012) as an indeterminate stegosaur based on posterior dorsal and anterior caudal vertebrae as well as pelvic material.^[2]^[3] Ulansky (2014) informally dubbed the material Wuerhosaurus mongoliensis,^[4] but Galton and Carpenter (2016) found W. mongoliensis to be invalid.^[5] It was formally named as Mongolostegus by Tumanova and Alifanov in 2018.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b T. A. Tumanova & V. R. Alifanov (2018) First Record of Stegosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Aptian-Albian of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 52(14) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118140186 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030118140186
^ Alifanov, B.P., Tumanova, T.A. & Kurzanov, C.M. (2005): [First discovery of a stegosaur in Mongolia]. – Priroda, 12: 61-63. (In Russian).
^ Alifanov, B.P. (2012): [Fossil Vertebrates of Russia and Adjacent Countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 2]; Moscow (GEOS). (In Russian).
^ Ulansky, Roman. E., (2014). Evolution of the stegosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia). Dinologia, 35 pp. [in Russian]. PDF.
^ Galton, Peter M.; Carpenter, Kenneth M (2016). "The plated dinosaur Stegosaurus longispinus Gilmore, 1914 (Dinosauria: Ornithischia; Upper Jurassic, western USA), type species of Alcovasaurus n. gen". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 279 (2): 185–208. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0551.

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[alifanov2019-1] T. A. Tumanova & V. R. Alifanov (2018) First Record of Stegosaur (Ornithischia, Dinosauria) from the Aptian-Albian of Mongolia. Paleontological Journal 52(14) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118140186 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030118140186

[2] Alifanov, B.P., Tumanova, T.A. & Kurzanov, C.M. (2005): [First discovery of a stegosaur in Mongolia]. – Priroda, 12: 61-63. (In Russian).

[3] Alifanov, B.P. (2012): [Fossil Vertebrates of Russia and Adjacent Countries. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. Part 2]; Moscow (GEOS). (In Russian).

[ulansky14-4] Ulansky, Roman. E., (2014). Evolution of the stegosaurs (Dinosauria; Ornithischia). Dinologia, 35 pp. [in Russian]. PDF.

[5] Galton, Peter M.; Carpenter, Kenneth M (2016). "The plated dinosaur Stegosaurus longispinus Gilmore, 1914 (Dinosauria: Ornithischia; Upper Jurassic, western USA), type species of Alcovasaurus n. gen". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 279 (2): 185–208. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2016/0551.

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Mongolostegus

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