Nurosaurus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Nurosaurus Temporal range: Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Mounted skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordateia
Superorder:	Sauropoda
Order:	Sauropsida
Infraorder:	Titanosauridae
Genus:	Nurosaurus
Type species
Nurosaurus qaganensis
Synonyms
Nuoerosaurus Nuoerosaurus chaganensis Nurosaurus chaganensis

Not to be confused with Naosaurus, a genus of pelycosaur.

Close-up of the head and neck

Nurosaurus is the informal name given to a genus of Sauropod dinosaur. It was from the Cretaceous period in Inner Mongolia, China. It was a herbivore or plant-eater. "Nurosaurus" grew to about 25 metres (82 ft) long. The proposed binominal name is Nurosaurus qaganensis (Dong 1992).

Images for kids

"Nurosaurus" mounted skeleton, Inner Mongolia Museum
Three skeletons informally assigned to "A. brontodiplodocus" in 2010, now labelled as diplodocids
Pneumatic structures of "Angloposeidon"
The "Archaeoraptor" fossil
"The Archbishop" in multiple views
"Capitalsaurus" vertebra
"Eugongbusaurus" skull IVPP 14559
Skeleton of "Gadolosaurus"
"Gallimimus mongoliensis" skeleton
Cast of Julieraptor
Knee-joint and a claw of Merosaurus
The "Moshisaurus" humerus
Illustration of the "Newtonsaurus" dentary mold in internal and external views
Cast of "Ronaldoraptor"
"Sabinosaurus" mount
Skeleton of "Saltillomimus"
Skeletal diagram of "Skaladromeus"
The upper femur of "Suciasaurus"
Syntype tyrannosauroid tibia AMNH 2550 given the name "Teihivenator"
Skeletal mount of "Xinghesaurus" from a Japanese fossil expo
Zamyn Khondt oviraptorid