Mahakala
Field photograph to come
Mahakala
DV-0636
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Turner et al. 2007
Field notes
About Mahakala
Mahakala 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 Mahakala, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Turner et al. in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. H. Turner, D. Pol, and J. A. Clarke, G. M. Erickson, M. A. Norell. 2007. A basal dromaeosaurid and size evolution preceding avian flight. Science 317:1378-1381