Name:
Kansaignathus
(Kansai jaw).
Phonetic: Kan-sigh-nay-fus.
Named By: A. O. Averianov & A. V.
Lopatin - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Dinosauria,
Saurischia, Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae, Eudromaeosauria,
Velociraptorinae.
Species: K. sogdianus
(type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Tajikistan - Ialovachsk
Formation.
Time period: Santonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Right dentary (jaw bone).
Kansaignathus
is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid
dinosaur that lived in
Central Asia during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A New Theropod Dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the
Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan. - Doklady Earth Sciences. 499
(1): 570–574. - A. O. Averianov & A. V.
Lopatin - 2021.