KANSAIGNATHUS
A small dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan
Pronunciation:
Meaning: Jaw from Kansai
Author/s: Averianov and Lopatin (
2021)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Tajikistan
Discovery Chart Position: #1047
Kansaignathus sogdianus
(Kansai jaw from Sogdiana)Etymology
Kansaignathus is derived from "Kansai" (the locality where the holotype specimen was discovered) and the Greek "gnathos" (jaw).
The
species epithet,
sogdianus, is derived from Sogdiana, an ancient historical region in Central Asia.
Discovery
The remains of
Kansaignathus were discovered in the Yalovach Formation at the Kansai locality, northern Fergana Valley, about 22 km to the north of Khudzhand Town, Sughd Region, Tajikistan, by the Paleontological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1963—1964.
The
holotype (2398/15) is a right dentary (tooth-bearing bone of the lower jaw).
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Santonian
Age range: 86-84 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: 2 meters
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: 15 Kg
Diet: Carnivore
References
• Averianov AO and Lopatin AV (2021) "A new theropod dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan".
Doklady Earth Sciences, 499: 570-574.
DOI: 10.1134/S1028334X21070047.
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