Khankhuuluu
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Khankhuuluu
DV-1281 · type species Khankhuuluu mongoliensis
- Lived
- 101 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Voris et al. 2025
Field notes
About Khankhuuluu
Khankhuuluu was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 84 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Khankhuuluu, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Voris et al. in 2025.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Tyrannosauroidea.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. T. Voris, D. K. Zelenitsky, and Y. Kobayashi, S. P. Modesto, F. Therrien, H. Tsutsumi, T. Chonzorig, K. Tsogtbaatar. 2025. A new Mongolian tyrannosauroid and the evolution of Eutyrannosauria. Nature