Tengrisaurus

Tengri lizard (sky god lizard)

• Tengri · Turkic/Mongolic · sky god
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name combines Tengri, the sky god of the ancient Turkic and Mongolic peoples, with the Greek word for lizard. It was given to a sauropod from Transbaikalia in Russia, a region historically associated with these cultures. The type species is Tengrisaurus starkovi.

Named by

Averianov and Skutschas

Year named

2017

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Barremian – Aptian

Found in

Murtoi Formation, Buryatia (Transbaikalia), Russia

A titanosaurian sauropod, known from fragmentary remains. The exact stage range of the Murtoi Formation is approximate.