正模標本AEHM 2/845是一副接近完整的骨骸,除了是俄羅斯第一次發現完整的恐龍化石,也是北美洲以外發現過完整度最高的賴氏龍亞科。1990年,俄羅斯布拉戈維申斯克遠東礦產研究所的Vladimir A. Nagornyi,在遠東地區阿穆爾州的昆杜爾(英语:Kundur, Russia)村莊附近的赤塔-哈巴羅夫斯克(Chita−Khabarovsk)高速公路沿線採集化石時,發現了這個挖掘地點。他立即通知布拉戈維申斯克地質探勘研究所。1999年起,在面積至少1000平方公尺的骨層展開挖掘活動,至2001年正模標本從岩石中完全挖出。[1]
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