- Kakuru
Taxobox
name = "Kakuru"
fossil_range =Early Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Theropoda
infraordo =Oviraptorosauria ?
genus = "Kakuru"
genus_authority = Molnar & Pledge, 1980
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =
* "K. kujani" Molnar & Pledge, 1980"Kakuru" (named for a
Rainbow Serpent ofAustralian Aboriginal mythology ) is agenus oftheropod dinosaur from the earlyCretaceous Period . It is believed to have been carnivorous, was bipedal and about 2.4 meters in length. It is known primarily from a singlefossil izedtibia , which, unusually, had been fossilized through a rare process in which the bone turned toopal . The opalized tibia was purchased by a gem shop in 1973 along with a foot claw that might have come from the same animal. Remains have been found inAndamooka ,South Australia . This small dinosaur seems to have had long, slender legs, and its ankle was higher and narrower than that of most other theropods. "Kakuru" was formally named in 1980.External links
* [http://www.alphalink.com.au/~dannj/kakuru.htm Kakuru kujani] on Alphalink.com.au by "Molnar and Pledge, 1980".
* [http://home.comcast.net/~eoraptor/Coelurosauria.htm#Kakurukujani The Theropod Database] on "Kakuru"
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