Khulsanurus

Name: Khulsanurus ‭(‬Khulsan tail‭)‬.
Phonetic: Kul-san-u-rus.
Named By: A.‭ ‬O.‭ ‬Averianov‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Lopatin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Alvarezsauridae,‭ ‬Parvicursorinae.
Species: K.‭ ‬magnificus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Barungoyot Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial remains.

       Khulsanurus is a genus of alvarezsaurid dinosaur that lived in East Asia during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The second taxon of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Khulsan locality in Gobi Desert,‭ ‬Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Historical Biology:‭ ‬An International Journal of Paleobiology.‭ ‬in press:‭ ‬1‭–‬12..‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬O.‭ ‬Averianov‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬V.‭ ‬Lopatin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.



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