Kuru

DV-1145 · type species Kuru kulla

Lived: 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Group: Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
Found in: Mongolia
Named by: Napoli et al. 2021

Field notes

About Kuru

Kuru was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Kuru, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baruungoyot Formation. It was named by Napoli et al. in 2021.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Dromaeosauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. G. Napoli, A. A. Ruebenstahl, and B. A. S. Bhullar, A. H. Turner, M. A. Norell. 2021. A New Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Khulsan, Central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3982:1-47