Erlikosaurus

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Erlikosaurus

Erlikosaurus andrewsi

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Coelurosauria
Superfamily:	Therizinosauroidea
Family:	Therizinosauridae
Genus:	Erlikosaurus
Species:	E. andrewsi

Binomial name

Erlikosaurus andrewsi
Perle, 1980

Erlikosaurus is the name given to a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a therizinosaur. Its fossils were found in Mongolia.

The type species, E. andrewsi, was described by Altangerel Perle in 1980. Its name is taken from the name of the demon Erlik from Mongolian myhtology and the name of paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Some scientists have speculated that it may be the same animal as Enigmosaurus mongoliensis.

Erlikosaurus was a close relative of Therizinosaurus, and their anatomical features were very similar.