Kuru kulla

This article is about the genus of dromaeosaur. For the deity in Tibetan Buddhism, see Kurukullā. For other uses, see Kuru (disambiguation).

Kuru
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous[1]
72 to 71 Ma - Maastrichtian
A life reconstruction of Kuru
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Clade: Paraves
Family: †Dromaeosauridae
Clade: †Eudromaeosauria
Subfamily: †Velociraptorinae
Genus: †Kuru
Napoli et al., 2021
Type species
†Kuru kulla
Napoli et al., 2021
Synonyms

Kuru (/ˈkuruˈkʊlə/, after Kurukullā, a Tibetan Buddhist deity) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. The genus contains only a single species, the type species Kuru kulla, which is known from a fragmentary skeleton including a partial skull.[2]

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