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sharp-clawed runner · Doubtful name
Kuszholia
Kuszholia mengi
Kuszholia ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Uzbekistan.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Turonian) · roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago
- Named in
- 1992 · Nessov, L. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Uzbekistan · Bissekty
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Avialae
The story in short
In 1992, L. A. Nessov published the name Kuszholia. The name means “milky Way bird.”
Fossils referred to Kuszholia date to the Late Cretaceous (Turonian), roughly 93.9 to 89.8 million years ago. Finds come from Uzbekistan, including the Bissekty Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
The fossils of Kuszholia are too incomplete for a responsible length, hip height, or weight, so those fields are left blank on purpose.
On the family tree it sits in Avialae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Alcmonavis
Alcmonavis poeschli
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx lithographica
Late Jurassic (Tithonian) · roughly 149.2 to 143.1 million years ago
Jeholornis
Jeholornis prima
Early Cretaceous (Barremian · Aptian) · roughly 125.8 to 113.2 million years ago