Kuru

Name: Kuru ‭(‬named after Kurukullā‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ku-ru.
Named By: James G.‭ ‬Napoli,‭ ‬Alexander A.‭ ‬Ruebenstahl,‭ ‬Bhart-anjan S. Bhullar,‭ ‬Alan H.‭ ‬Turner,‭ & ‬Mark A.‭ ‬Norell1‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Dromaeosauridae,‭ ‬Eudromaeosauria,‭ ‬Velociraptorinae.
Species: K.‭ ‬kulla‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬2.4‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Barun Goyot Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and fragmentary skeleton.

       Kuru is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A New Dromaeosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Coelurosauria‭) ‬from Khulsan,‭ ‬Central Mongolia.‭ ‬American Museum Novitates.‭ ‬2021‭ (‬3982‭)‬:‭ ‬1‭–‬47.‭ ‬-‭ ‬James G.‭ ‬Napoli,‭ ‬Alexander A.‭ ‬Ruebenstahl,‭ ‬Bhart-anjan S. Bhullar,‭ ‬Alan H.‭ ‬Turner,‭ & ‬Mark A.‭ ‬Norell1‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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