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- Title
Skull of Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani, a new Cretaceous ankylosaur from the Gobi Desert.
- Authors
Miles, Clifford A.; Miles, Clark J.
- Abstract
A new genus and species of ankylosaurid, a dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert has been described. It shows characters typical of many Late Cretaceous ankylosaurs. The new specimen is a virtually complete skull with both hemimandibles preserved intact with the predentary. This skull has been subjected to almost no crushing or shearing. It has an equilateral, triangular-shaped skull when viewed dorsally and large, highly ornamented narial osteoderms, which give the skull a bull-like appearance with flaring nostrils. Braincase features are more primitive than those of the other Gobi Desert ankylosaurs.
- Subjects
GOBI Desert (Mongolia &; China); MONGOLIA; CHINA; ANKYLOSAURUS; DINOSAURS; ANTIQUITIES; CRETACEOUS stratigraphic geology
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2009, Vol 96, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article