Shanag

Pronunciation:
sha-nag
Name meaning:
'named after the dancers in the Buddhist Tsam festival'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
small theropod
Length:
0.5m
Diet:
carnivorous
When it lived:
Early Cretaceous, 126-142 million years ago
Found in:
Mongolia

Shanag is known only from skull fragments.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia
Named by:
Turner, Hwang and Norell (2007)
Type species:
ashile