Outline: a typical theropod
Kank
Type species Kank australis
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Unenlagiidae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Motta et al. 2026
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
70 million years ago
Field notes
About Kank
What it was like
Kank was an unenlagiid, a feathered theropod related to Unenlagia. It is known from part of the skeleton.
Its world
It lived about 72 to 66 million years ago, near the end of the Cretaceous, in what is now Argentina. It comes from the Chorrillo Formation, where it shared the land with the megaraptor Maip, the titanosaur Nullotitan and the small plant eater Isasicursor.
How it was found
Motta and colleagues named Kank in 2026. The type species is Kank australis.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Sources: WikidataNamed in: M. J. Motta, A. M. Aranciaga Rolando, and S. Rozadilla, F. L. Agnolín, F. B. Egli, G. P. Álvarez Herrera, N. R. Chimento, G. L. Coco, T. Tsuihiji, M. Manabe, D. Pol, F. E. Novas. 2026. New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e2656456):18