Hulsanpes

Hulsan foot

• Hulsan · Mongolian (place name) · Khulsan, the fossil locality in the Gobi Desert
• pes · Latin · foot

Hulsanpes combines the name of the Khulsan (Hulsan) locality in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, where the fossil was found, with the Latin word for "foot". The name refers to the holotype, which is a partial foot (hind limb) of a small theropod.

Named by

Osmólska

Year named

1982

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Barun Goyot Formation, Khulsan, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia

Type species is Hulsanpes perlei, a small paravian theropod known from very incomplete material. Its exact placement is debated, but it is often linked to the Halszkaraptorinae within Dromaeosauridae.