Genus: Dyoplosaurus non PARKS, 1924

Species: gigantea (MALEEV, 1956) TUMANOVA, 1977
Etymology: Greek, gigantea, "giant."
= Dyoplosaurus giganteus MALEEV, 1956
= Euoplocephalus giganteus (MALEEV, 1956) COOMBS, 1978
= Tarcia gigantea [ANONYMOUS, 1992]

Holotype: PIN 551-29

Locality: Nemegt, Nemegt basin, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia.

Horizon: Nemegt Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: 12 free caudal vertebrae from anterior part of tail, metatarsus, phalanges of digits and ossicles.

 

 

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