Khulsanurus Khulsanurus

"tail from Khulsan"

You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Khulsanurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
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.