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sharp-clawed runner
Khankhuuluu
Say it like this: “khahn-KOO-loo”
Khankhuuluu mongoliensis
Khankhuuluu ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian · Santonian) · roughly 93.9 to 83.6 million years ago
- Named in
- 2025 · Voris, J. T.; Zelenitsky, D. K.; Kobayashi, Y.; Modesto, S. P.; Therrien, F.; Tsutsumi, H.; Chinzorig, T.; Tsogtbaatar, K.
- Hip height
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Length
- 4 m · 13 ft
- Weight
- 750 kg · 1,653 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Bayanshiree
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosauroidea
The story in short
Khankhuuluu was formally named in 2025 by J. T. Voris and colleagues. The name means “dragon prince.”
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian · Coniacian · Santonian), roughly 93.9 to 83.6 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Bayanshiree Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Khankhuuluu at a length near 4 m, hips about 2 m high, and a body mass around 750 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosauroidea, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Alectrosaurus
Alectrosaurus olseni
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Aviatyrannis
Aviatyrannis jurassica
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian · Kimmeridgian · Tithonian) · roughly 161.5 to 143.1 million years ago
Calamosaurus
Calamosaurus foxi
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · roughly 125.8 to 121.4 million years ago