Khulsanurus

Khulsan tail

• Khulsan · Mongolian (place name) · the Khulsan locality in Mongolia, where the fossils were found
• -urus (oura) · Greek · tail

The name combines Khulsan, a fossil locality in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, with the Greek "oura", meaning tail. It refers to the place where the fossils were found. The "-urus" ending is a common way to form dinosaur names.

Named by

Averianov and Lopatin

Year named

2022

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Khulsan locality, Barun Goyot (Baruungoyot) Formation, Mongolia

Khulsanurus (type species K. magnificus) is a small theropod usually classified as an alvarezsaurid. The etymology of the "-urus" element, the stage and the formation are given from memory and I'm not fully certain of them.