Kansaignathus
Field photograph to come
Kansaignathus
DV-1142 · type species Kansaignathus sogdianus
- Lived
- 86 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Tajikistan
- Named by
- Averianov and Lopatin 2021
Field notes
About Kansaignathus
Kansaignathus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Kansaignathus, from Tajikistan. Its fossils come from the Yalovach Formation. It was named by Averianov and Lopatin in 2021.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2021. A new theropod dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan. Doklady Earth Sciences 499(1):570-574