Shanag

Shanag

Pronunciation:
sha-nag
Name meaning:
'named after the dancers in the Buddhist Tsam festival'
Shanag
small theropod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
small theropod
Length:
0.45m
Diet:
carnivorous carnivorous food icon
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 126-142 million years ago
Found in:
Mongolia

Shanag is known only from skull fragments.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia
Named by:
Turner, Hwang and Norell (2007)
Type species:
ashile

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