Bagaraatan
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| Bagaraatan Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Bagaraatan ostromi Osmolska, 1996 |
Bagaraatan (meaning "small hunter") was a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period. Its fossils were found in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. Bagaraatan may have been around 3-4 meters in length.
The type species, B. ostromi, was described by Osmolska in 1996. The post-cranial (ZPAL MgD-I/108) skeleton has been described as "bird-like", while the skull exhibits features of several different theropod groups. Holtz classified it as a basal tyrannosauroid, Coria identified it as a troodontid, and Rauhut placed it in maniraptora.
[edit] References
- Osmolska, H. (1996). "An unusual theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 41; 1-38
[edit] External links
- Dinosaur Mailing List entry which discusses the genus
- Bagaraatan in the Dinosaur Encyclopedia at DinoRuss' Lair
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