Minotaurasaurus

Minotaurasaurus is a genus of extinct ankylosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous.

It was named in 2009 by Clifford A. Miles and Clark J. Miles. The generic name is explained by the describers as meaning "man-bull reptile" (in references to the mythical Minotaur; the specific epithet honors Vilayanur S. Ramachandran who purchased the fossil for $10,000 from the trader Hollis Butts, based in Japan, and made it available to science. It is known only from a complete skull of unknown provenance, but probable recovered in the Gobi Desert. While it had a distinctive armored bull-like head and a more primitive braincase, it shares the typical features of an ankylosaurid.