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sharp-clawed runner
Tsaagan
Say it like this: “SAR-gan”
Tsaagan mangas
Tsaagan ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2006 · Norell, M. A.; Clark, J. M.; Turner, A. H.; Makovicky, P. J.; Barsbold, R.; Rowe, T.
- Hip height
- 0.6 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 2 m · 7 ft
- Weight
- 15 kg · 33 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Djadokhta
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Velociraptorinae
The story in short
The genus Tsaagan dates to 2006, the year M. A. Norell and colleagues described it.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Djadokhta Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Tsaagan at a length near 2 m, hips about 0.6 m high, and a body mass around 15 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Velociraptorinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Adasaurus
Adasaurus mongoliensis
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Dineobellator
Dineobellator notohesperus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Kansaignathus
Kansaignathus sogdianus
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · roughly 85.7 to 83.6 million years ago