Outline: a typical theropod
Shanag
- Lived
- 143 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 0.5 m (1 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Turner et al. 2007
Size comparison
To scale
Scale in metersOutline: typical theropod shape
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
120 million years ago
Field notes
About Shanag
What it was like
Shanag was a tiny feathered theropod, about 0.45 meters (1.5 feet) long. It is known from part of the upper jaw with teeth. It may be related to the raptors, but some scientists doubt this.
Its world
It lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia. Its fossil comes from the Öösh Formation, where the small horned Psittacosaurus also lived.
How it was found
Turner and colleagues named Shanag in 2007. Its name comes from a Mongolian dance.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae
Sources: WikidataNamed in: A. H. Turner, S. H. Hwang, and M. A. Norell. 2007. A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3557:1-27