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sharp-clawed runner
Zanabazar
Say it like this: “zah-nuh-buh-zar”
Zanabazar junior
Zanabazar ate 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
- 2009 · Norell, M. A.; Makovicky, P. J.; Bever, G. S.; Balanoff, A. M.; Clark, J. M.; Barsbold, R.; Rowe, T.
- Hip height
- 0.8 m · 3 ft
- Length
- 2.3 m · 8 ft
- Weight
- 25 kg · 55 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Troodontinae
The story in short
The genus Zanabazar dates to 2009, the year M. A. Norell and colleagues described it. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
Fossils referred to Zanabazar date to the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Zanabazar at a length near 2.3 m, hips about 0.8 m high, and a body mass around 25 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Troodontinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Albertavenator
Albertavenator curriei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago
Borogovia
Borogovia gracilicrus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Byronosaurus
Byronosaurus jaffei
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago