Tsagantegia

From Tsagan Teg (a place in Mongolia)

• Tsagan Teg · Mongolian · name of the fossil locality; 'tsagan' means 'white'
• -ia · Latin · Latinised suffix for a place name

Tsagantegia is named after the Tsagan Teg locality in Mongolia, where the type skull was found. "Tsagan" is a Mongolian word meaning "white". The ending "-ia" is a Latinised suffix for a place name. The only named species is T. longicranialis, "long-skulled".

Named by

Tumanova

Year named

1993

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Bayanshiree Formation, Tsagan Teg, Dornogovi Province, Mongolia

An armoured dinosaur (ankylosaur), often placed among the ankylosaurids. It is known mainly from a well-preserved skull. The year and the exact stages are not fully certain, so treat them with caution.