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| A large alvarezsaurid from the late Cretaceous of Mongolia. (American Museum novitates, no. 3648) |
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| Title: | A large alvarezsaurid from the late Cretaceous of Mongolia. (American Museum novitates, no. 3648) |
| Other Titles: | Ukhaa Tolgod alvarezsaurid. |
| Authors: | Turner, Alan H. (Alan Hamilton) Nesbitt, Sterling J. Norell, Mark. |
| Keywords: | Kol ghuva. Dinosaurs. Ukhaa Tolgod. Mongolia. Cretaceous. |
| Issue Date: | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | American Museum novitates, no. 3648. |
| Abstract: | We report a new alvarezsaurid, Kol ghuva, from the late Cretaceous of Mongolia that demonstrates that the clade was not restricted to small taxa (~3-15 kg). The specimen was found at the Ukhaa Tolgod locality, which has previously produced only a single diminutive alvarezsaurid, Shuvuuia deserti. Although known only from a well-preserved right foot, the new taxon is diagnosable by the following combination of characters: extensor grooves on digit IV phalanges; robust flexor tubercle on pedal unguals; MT III does not reach ankle; accessory dorsomedial flange absent on the medial side of the distal end of the MT II; MT II shorter than MT IV; and MT III extends higher proximally than other alvarezsaurids (more than K total metatarsus length). The new taxon provides additional insight into the diversity of this clade and the dinosaurian assemblage of Ukhaa Tolgod. |
| Description: | 14 p. : ill. (1 col.) ; 26 cm. "June 25, 2009." Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-14). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5967 |
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