In Depth
When the remains of Zanabazar were first studied in 1974, it was taken to be another specimen of Sauromithoides. When re-examined in 2009, the bones were found to be different, and were renamed Zanabazar, after the first spiritual head (Jebtsundamba Khutuktu) of Tibetan buddhism who lived between 1635-1723. With a skull length of 272 millimetres, Zanabazar is one of the larger troodontids.
Further Reading
– A Review of the Mongolian Cretaceous Dinosaur Saurornithoides (Troodontidae: Theropoda). – American Museum Novitates 3654: 63. – M. A. Norell, P. J. Makovicky, G. S. Bever, A. M. Balanoff, J. M. Clark, R. Barsbold & T. Rowe – 2009.
