Oksoko
Name: Oksoko
(named after �ks�k�, a three headed eagle in Altaic mythology).
Phonetic: Ok-so-ko.
Named By: G. F. Funston, C. Tsogtbaatar,
K. Tsogtbaatar, Y. Kobayashi, C. Sullivan & P.
J. Currie - 2020.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Oviraptosauria.
Species: O. avarsan (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Roughly estimated at about 1.2-1,2 meters
long.
Known locations: Mongolia - Nemegt Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeletons of more than one individual.
Oksoko
is a genus of oviraptorid
dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late
Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new two-fingered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of
Oviraptorosauria. - Royal Society Open Science. 7 (10):
201184. - G. F. Funston, C. Tsogtbaatar, K.
Tsogtbaatar, Y. Kobayashi, C. Sullivan & P. J.
Currie - 2020.
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