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Dromaeosauridae

Shanag

Generic raptor body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Shanag 1.5 m (4.9 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic raptor body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Shanag
Length
1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (130 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Sickle-clawed raptors: Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor.

Shanag is a genus of paravian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. It may be a dromaeosaurid, but some researchers are skeptical of this classification. The type species is S. ashile.

What we know

  • Named by Turner et al., 2007.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.5 m.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

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