Adasaurus
Field photograph to come
Adasaurus
DV-0236
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Barsbold 1977
Field notes
About Adasaurus
Adasaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Adasaurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Nemegt Formation. It was named by Barsbold in 1977.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Barsbold. 1977. O evolutsiy chishcheich dinosavrov [On the evolution of carnivorous dinosaurs]. Trudy - Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 4:48-56