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Alvarezsauridae

Khulsanurus

"tail from Khulsan"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Khulsanurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Khulsanurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Alvarezsauridae

Khulsanurus (meaning “tail from Khulsan”) is an extinct genus of alvarezsaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Baruungoyot Formation of the Khulsan Locality in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia. The type and only species is Khulsanurus magnificus.

What we know

  • Named by Averianov & Lopatin, 2022.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Khulsanurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.