Describer

Osmolska, 1996

Time

Cretaceous Late

Classification

Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Maniraptora

Diet

Carnivore

Fossilsite

Nemegt Formation, Mongolia

Length

3 meter

Info

Genus - Typespecies

Holotype

ZPAL MgD-I/108 An unusual theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia, based on an incomplete skeleton. The type specimen includes a mandible [~230 mm] with a shalow but massive denatry. The fibula is fused distally to both the tibia and the coosified atragalus and calcaneum.

mandible (~230 mm)
anterior dentary
posterior mandible
sacral neural spine
twenty-five caudal vertebrae (80, 65, 44, 37 mm)
several chevrons
partial ilia
proximal pubis
proximal ischium
proximal and distal femur (~315 mm)
tibia (365 mm, 380 mm with tarsus)
fibula (~350 mm)
astragalocalcaneum
pedal phalanx II-2 (37 mm)
pedal phalanx IV-1 (34 mm)