Shanag
Field photograph to come
Shanag
DV-0645
- Lived
- 143 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 0.5 m (1 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Turner et al. 2007
Field notes
About Shanag
Shanag was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 143 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Shanag, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Öösh Formation. It was named by Turner et al. in 2007.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
120 million years ago
To scale
How big was Shanag?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. H. Turner, S. H. Hwang, and M. A. Norell. 2007. A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3557:1-27