Pinacosaurus is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia and China during the Late Cretaceous. The genus contains two species; the type species, Pinacosaurus grange
Mass-mortality juvenile specimens from Bayan Mandahu. Under excavation in 1988 (A), and juvenile skull (B)
Skull of specimen IVPP V16853, from previous photograph
Holotype specimen of Eopinacosaurus
Metacarpus of a juvenile specimen
Ankylosaurinae is a subfamily of ankylosaurid dinosaurs, existing from the Early Cretaceous about 105 million years ago until the end of the Late Cretaceous, about 66 mya. Many genera are included in
Pinacosaurus
…ft) long and weighed up to 1.9 metric tons (2.1 short tons). Its body was flat and low-slung but not as heavily built as in some other members of the Ankylosaurinae. The head was protected by bone tiles, hence its name. Each nostril was formed as a large depression pierced by between three and five smaller holes…
Euoplocephalus tutus RTMP