Alxasaurus

Alxa lizard

• Alxa · Mongolian (place name) · Alxa (Alashan) League, the region of Inner Mongolia where it was found
• sauros · Greek · lizard

Alxasaurus is named after the Alxa (Alashan) League in Inner Mongolia, China, where its fossils were found. The second half is the Greek word for lizard. It is one of the best-known early therizinosaurs, showing the early stages of the group's peculiar herbivorous anatomy.

Named by

Russell and Dong

Year named

1993

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Aptian – Albian

Found in

Bayin-Gobi Formation, Inner Mongolia, China

A basal therizinosauroid theropod; the type species is Alxasaurus elesitaiensis. The exact stage range of the Bayin-Gobi Formation is debated (Aptian–Albian).