Genus
Valid Extinct

Oksoko

Funston et al. 2020

Oksoko is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Asia, that lived in what is now the Nemegt Formation in Mongolia. It includes the type species Oksoko avarsan.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
Oksoko
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Holotype block of Oksoko avarsan MPC-D 102/110. (a,b) Holotype block with skeletons in ventral view. Colours distinguish different individuals; the holotype individual is in blue. © Gregory F. Funston, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Corwin Sullivan & Philip J. Currie · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Oksoko
Oksoko
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
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Oviraptoridae Family
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Heyuanninae Subfamily
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Oksoko Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
3
Geological formations
Nemegt
3
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Species (1)
Oksoko avarsan 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
G. F. Funston, T. Chinzorig, and K. Tsogtbaatar, Y. Kobayashi, C. Sullivan, P. J. Currie. 2020. A new two-fingered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of Oviraptorosauria. Royal Society Open Science 7(104643):201184:1-15 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
G. F. Funston, T. Chinzorig, and K. Tsogtbaatar, Y. Kobayashi, C. Sullivan, P. J. Currie. 2020. A new two-fingered dinosaur sheds light on the radiation of Oviraptorosauria. Royal Society Open Science 7(104643):201184:1-15 DOI ↗