A new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Khulsan, Central Mongolia (American Museum novitates, no. 3982)

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dc.contributor.authorNapoli, James G.
dc.contributor.authorRuebenstahl, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorBhullar, Bhart-Anjan S.
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Alan H. (Alan Hamilton)
dc.contributor.authorNorell, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-08T20:02:30Z
dc.date.available2021-11-08T20:02:30Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-08
dc.description47 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Includes erratum: On page 34, the phrase “absence of a fourth trochanter of the femur (char. 184.1)” should read “presence of a fourth trochanter of the femur (char. 184.0)”.en_US
dc.description.abstractDromaeosaurid theropods represent a rare but important clade of nonavialan dinosaurs. Their close evolutionary relationship to modern birds has placed them at the center of paleontological research for the last several decades. Herein we describe a new species of dromaeosaurid—Kuru kulla, gen. et sp. nov.—based on a partial skeleton from the Late Cretaceous Khulsan locality (Barun Goyot Formation) of Mongolia. This species is diagnosed by several autapomorphies within Dromaeosauridae, including a sharp groove anterior and ventral to the narial fossa on the premaxilla, a posterolaterally directed hornlet on the posterodorsal process of the lacrimal, a deep surangular bearing two surangular foramina, and anteriorly displaced pleurocoels on the dorsal centra. The taxon is further characterized by a unique combination of characters, including a mediolaterally narrow metatarsal II, serrations on both carinae of the dentary teeth, hyposphenes that are widely separated but joined by a web of bone, and a lacrimal with a poorly developed boss on its lateral surface. Phylogenetic analysis finds Kuru kulla to be the sister taxon of Adasaurus mongoliensis, from the slightly later Nemegt Formation, with which it is united by three synapomorphies: a posterior surangular foramen that is ~30% the depth of the surangular, absence of a fourth trochanter of the femur, and thoracic centra that are markedly longer than their midpoint widths. The recognition of this taxon has important implications for common assumptions of Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystem structure and adds new data to a recently recognized pattern in dromaeosaurid faunal composition among Late Cretaceous localities in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, China).en_US
dc.identifier.issn0003-0082
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/7286
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Museum of Natural History.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates;no.3982
dc.subjectKuru kulla.en_US
dc.subjectDromaeosauridae -- Mongolia -- Classification.en_US
dc.subjectDinosaurs -- Mongolia -- Classification.en_US
dc.subjectPaleontology -- Cretaceous.en_US
dc.titleA new dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Coelurosauria) from Khulsan, Central Mongolia (American Museum novitates, no. 3982)en_US

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