Kansaignathus

Kansaignathus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Santonian),[1] 86.3–83.6 Ma
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Life reconstruction of Kansaignathus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

  1. ^ Matthew Carrano (2006). "Kansai, FKA-7a (Cretaceous of Tajikistan), Also known as Kansay". The Paleobiology Database. When: Yalovach Formation, Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma), Upper part of the Yalovach Formation
  2. ^ a b c Averianov, A. O.; Lopatin, A. V. (2021). "A New Theropod Dinosaur (Theropoda, Dromaeosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Tajikistan". Doklady Earth Sciences. 499 (1): 570–574. Bibcode:2021DokES.499..570A. doi:10.1134/S1028334X21070047. S2CID 239088573..
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