Kansaignathus sogdianus Averianov & Lopatin, 2021
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- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
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Classification
- genus
- Kansaignathus
- species
- Kansaignathus sogdianus
Abstract
Kansaignathus (meaning "jaw from Kansai") is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Ialovachsk Formation of Tajikistan. The genus contains a single species, Kansaignathus sogdianus..
Classification
Kansaignathus was placed as a basal member of the subfamily Velociraptorinae by Averianov & Lopatin in 2021. Their cladogram is shown below:
Discovery and naming
Artists life reconstruction
The holotype of Kansaignathus, 2398/15, consists of a right dentary. It was discovered in the Konsoy locality in the north of the Fergana Valley of Tajikistan in the 1960s. The generic name, Kansaignathus, is derived from "Kansai," the Russian name of the location where the holotype specimen was discovered, and the Greek "gnathos," meaning jaw. The specific name, sogdianus, is derived from Sogdiana, an ancient region in Central Asia. It represents the first non-avian dinosaur described from Tajikistan.
The holotype of Kansaignathus, 2398/15, consists of a right dentary. It was discovered in the Konsoy locality in the north of the Fergana Valley of Tajikistan in the 1960s. The generic name, Kansaignathus, is derived from "Kansai," the Russian name of the location where the holotype specimen was discovered, and the Greek "gnathos," meaning jaw. The specific name, sogdianus, is derived from Sogdiana, an ancient region in Central Asia. It represents the first non-avian dinosaur described from Tajikistan.
Name
- Homonyms
- Kansaignathus sogdianus Averianov & Lopatin, 2021
- Common names
- Kansaignathus in 英語