Hulsanpes

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iHulsanpes Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata (unranked) Maniraptora Class: Aves? Genus: Hulsanpes Osmólska, 1982 Species: H. perlei
Binomial name
Hulsanpes perlei Osmólska, 1982

Hulsanpes^[1] is the name given to a monotypic genus of theropods, sometimes considered a primitive bird. First described as a dromaeosaur, it lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossil remains were found in the (probably) Campanian (roughly 80-71 mya) Barun Goyot Formation at Khulsan, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia.

The type species, Hulsanpes perlei, based on a partial foot skeleton of an apparently immature individual, was described by Osmolska in 1982. Several features of the fossil are very primitive and dinosaur-like, but this might partly be due to the young age of the individual. Still, more material is needed before H. perlei can be assigned to any one lineage with certainty. Although considered an enantiornithine or other primitive avian by many, it has also been proposed to be a young Velociraptor mongoliensis (Currie 2000) or belong to another maniraptoran lineage altogether (Norell in Currie 2000).

[edit] References

• Currie, Philip J. (2000): Theropods from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. In: Benton, M. J.; Shishkin, M. A.; Unwin, D. M. & Kurochkin, E. N. (editors): The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia: 434-455. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 052154582X PDF fulltext

• Osmólska, Halszka (1982): Hulsanpes perlei n. g. n. sp. (Deinonychosauria, Saurischia, Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie, Monatshefte 1982(7): 440-448

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Etymology: Hulsanpes, "foot from Khulsan", from the Latinized name of the type locality Khulsan + Latin pēs, "foot".

[edit] External links

• Dino Russ's Lair: Hulsanpes. Retrieved 2006-DEC-12.

• The Dinosauricon: Hulsanpes. (Google Cache of old page). Retrieved 2006-DEC-12.