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sharp-clawed runner
Oksoko
Say it like this: “Oak-soak-oh”
Oksoko avarsan
Oksoko ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2020 · Funston, G. F.; Chinzorig, T.; Tsogtbaatar, K.; Kobayashi, Y.; Sullivan, C.; Currie, P. J.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- Not established
- Weight
- 31–74 kg · 68–163 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Heyuanninae
The story in short
The genus Oksoko dates to 2020, the year G. F. Funston and colleagues described it.
Fossils referred to Oksoko date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Oksoko at a body mass around 31–74 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Heyuanninae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Conchoraptor
Conchoraptor gracilis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Gobiraptor
Gobiraptor minutus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Heyuannia
Heyuannia huangi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago