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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