Pinacosaurus

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Pinacosaurus (meaning "plank lizard") is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now Mongolia and China during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian, roughly 75 to 71 million years ago). The genus contains two species; the type species, Pinacosaurus grangeri, was named in 1933 based on fossils found in 1923. A second species, Pinacosaurus hilwitnorum, was named in 2026. An additional species, originally placed in this genus, P. mephistocephalus, was later transferred to its own genus, Eopinacosaurus. At least 24 Pinacosaurus skeletons have been found, possibly more than of any other ankylosaur. These predominantly consist of juveniles. Adult fossils have not been found in groups. Pinacosaurus was a medium-sized ankylosaurine, about 5 metres (16 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...

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