Shanag

Taxobox
name = "Shanag"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = Dromaeosauridae
subfamilia = Unenlagiinae
genus = "Shanag"
genus_authority= Turner "et al." 2007
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"S. ashile" Turner "et al.", 2007 (type)

"Shanag" (in reference to black-hatted dancers in the Buddhist Tsam Festival) is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. "Shanag" bears a strong resemblance to primitive Chinese dromaeosaurids such as "Microraptor" and "Sinornithosaurus", suggesting a close similarity between the fauna of the Öösh deposits where "Shanag" was found, and the Jehol biota of China (such as the animals found in the Yixian Formation), during the Early Cretaceous.cite journal |last=Turner |first=A.S. |coauthors=Hwang, S.H.; and Norell, M.A. |year=2007 |title=A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia |journal=American Museum Novitates |volume=3557 |pages=1–27 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5845/1/N3557.pdf |accessdate=2007-03-29 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3557 [1:ASDTFS] 2.0.CO;2 |doilabel=10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3557[1:ASDTFS]2.0.CO;2]

The type species of "Shanag" is "S. ashile".

Material

The holotype of "S. ashile", IGM 100/1119, is composed of a nearly complete right maxilla, dentary, and a partial splenial.

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