Shanag

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Shanag
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Infraorder: Deinonychosauria
Family: Dromaeosauridae
Genus: Shanag
Binomial name
Shanag ashile
Turner, Hwang & Norell, 2007

Shanag is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. Known from a partial skull, Shanag bears a strong resemblance to primitive Chinese dromaeosaurids such as Microraptor and Sinornithosaurus, suggesting a close similarity between the fauna of the Öösh deposits where Shanag was found, and the Jehol biota of China (such as the animals found in the Yixian Formation), during the Early Cretaceous.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Turner, A.S.; Hwang, S.H.; and Norell, M.A. (2007). "A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia". American Museum Novitates 3557: 1-27. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. 
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