- Tsaagan
Taxobox
name = "Tsaagan"
fossil_range =Late Cretaceous
image_width = 200px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Sauropsid a
superordo =Dinosaur ia
ordo =Saurischia
subordo =Theropoda
infraordo =Deinonychosauria
familia =Dromaeosauridae
subfamilia =Velociraptorinae
genus = "Tsaagan"
genus_authority=Norell "et al.", 2006
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"T. mangas" Norell "et al.", 2006 (type)Tsaagan is a
genus ofdromaeosaurid dinosaur from theDjadokhta Formation of lateCretaceous Mongolia . It lies within the subfamily Velociraptorinae. Tsaagan is known from a well-preserved skull and series of neck vertebrae, described by Norell "et al." in December 2006.Norell, M.A., Clark, J.M., Turner, A.H., Makovicky, P.J., Barsbold, R., and Rowe, T. (2006). "A new dromaeosaurid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod (Omnogov, Mongolia)." "American Museum Novitates", 3545: 1-51.] "Tsaagan" represents the only dromaeosaurid remains (other than isolated teeth) known from theUkhaa Tolgod region, though another dromaeosaurid, "Velociraptor ", is known from the same formation. Animals that may have shared the same habitat with "Tsaagan" include "Protoceratops ", "Shuvuuia ", the smallmammal "Zalambdalestes ", themultituberculate mammal "Kryptobaatar ", as well as several lizards and two yet-undescribed species oftroodontid and dromaeosaurid.The species name, "Tsaagan mangas", is derived from the Mongolian word for "white monster" ( _mn. цагаан мангас), although with an accidental misspelling of the word
Tsagaan .References
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