Abdarainurus

Abdrant Nuru tail

• Abdarain (Abdrant) Nuru · Mongolian · the locality in Mongolia where the fossils were found
• oura · Greek · tail

The name combines the Abdrant (Abdarain) Nuru locality in Mongolia, where the fossils were found, with the Greek "oura", meaning "tail". It refers to the find site and to the tail vertebrae, which are the main material known for this titanosaurian sauropod. The species name, A. barsboldi, honours the Mongolian paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold.

Named by

Averianov and Lopatin

Year named

2022

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Mongolia

A titanosaurian sauropod known from limited material, mainly tail vertebrae. The exact author, year, formation and geologic stage are not given here because I am not certain of them, so please check them against a primary source.