[D] Tsagantegia longicranialis [Su] [sG] [T]
Describer
Tumanova, 1993
Time
Cretaceous Late Cenomanian Turonian
Classification
Ornithischia Thyreophora Eurypoda Ankylosauria Ankylosauridae
Diet
Herbivore
Fossilsite
Baynshirenskaya Svita, Tsagan Teg (\\\\\\\"White Mountain\\\\\\\") locality, Dzun-Bayan, southeastern Gobi, Mongolia
Length
6-7 meter
Info
Genus - Typespecies - Skull
Holotype
(only known species) GI SPS N 700/17, skull (appr. 300 mm long and 250 mm wide).
A long-snouted ankylosaur with a prominent dermal ring around the orbit.
The orbits are situated posterior to the middle of the skull length.
The skull roof is covered by numerous small osteoderms with a weakly expressed relief.