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Nurosaurus
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Nuoerosaurus chaganensis.JPG
Mounted skeleton
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Nurosaurus
Type species
Nurosaurus qaganensis
Synonyms
  • Nuoerosaurus
  • Nuoerosaurus chaganensis
  • Nurosaurus chaganensis

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

Nuoerosaurus chaganensis head
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).

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