Kansaignathus
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Kansaignathus (/ˌkɛnsɑːiˈnɛiθəs/) is an extinct genus of dromaeosaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Yalovach Formation (or Ialovachsk Formation) of Tajikistan. The genus contains only one species, the type species, K. sogdianus. The generic name of Kansaignathus comes from near the town of Konsoy ("Kansai" in Russian) where it was discovered and the Greek word "gnathos" meaning "jaw". The specific epithet "sogdianus" is derived from the historical region of Sogdiana, which was an ancient name for the Fergana Valley region where the fossil was discovered.[2] Kansaignathus is known from a single right dentary bone[2] and a few post-cranial bone fragments.[3] It was the first, and so far the only, dinosaur from Tajikistan to be described and named.[2]
Kansaignathus | |
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Life reconstruction of Kansaignathus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Dromaeosauridae |
Clade: | †Eudromaeosauria |
Subfamily: | †Velociraptorinae |
Genus: | †Kansaignathus Averianov & Lopatin, 2021 |
Type species | |
†Kansaignathus sogdianus Averianov & Lopatin, 2021 |