Neimongosaurus yangi Zhang et al. 2001 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Therizinosauridae

Full reference: X.-H. Zhang, X. Xu, X.-J. Zhao, P. C. Sereno, X.-W. Kuang and L. Tan. 2001. A long-necked therizinosauroid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Iren Dabasu Formation of Nei Mongol, People's Republic of China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 39(4):282-290

Belongs to Neimongosaurus according to H. Pu et al. 2013

See also Averianov 2007, Clark et al. 2004, Li et al. 2007, Qian et al. 2012, Tsuihiji et al. 2015, Xu et al. 2002, Zanno 2010, Zanno et al. 2009 and Zhang et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LH V0001. Its type locality is Sanhangobi, Nei Monggol, which is in a Campanian/Campanian fluvial sandstone in the Iren Dabasu Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Sanhangobi, Nei Monggol

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