Tsaagan

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Tsaagan Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Infraorder: Coelurosauria Family: Dromaeosauridae Subfamily: Velociraptorinae Genus: Tsaagan
Binomial name
Tsaagan mangas Norell et al., 2006

Tsaagan ("white") is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Djadokhta Formation of late Cretaceous Mongolia. It is known from a well-preserved skull and series of neck vertebrae, described by Norell et al. in December of 2006.^[1] Tsaagan represents the only dromaeosaurid remains (other than isolated teeth) known from the Ukhaa Tolgod region, though another dromaeosaurid, Velociraptor, is known from the same formation. Animals that may have shared the same habitat with Tsaagan include Protoceratops, Shuvuuia, the small mammal Zalambdalestes, the multituberculate mammal Kryptobaatar, as well as several lizards and two yet-undescribed species of troodontid and dromaeosaurid.^[1]

The species name, Tsaagan mangas, is derived from the Mongolian word for "white monster" (цагаан мангас), although with an accidental misspelling of the word Tsagaan.

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