Genus
Valid Extinct

Adasaurus

Barsbold 1977
Etymology Reptile diable

Adasaurus is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period. The genus is known from two partial specimens found in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia that were partially described in 1983 by the paleontologist Rinchen Barsbold.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Adasaurus
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Reconstructed skull of the dromaeosaurid Adasaurus mongoliensis. The holotype IGM 100/20 preserves a partial right side of the skull and other postcrania including the hindlimbs, it has an estimated length of 2 m (6.6 ft) with a weight of 15 kg (33 lb).[1] Skull mainly based on Turner et al. 2012 and Mickey Mortimer.[2][3] Color Key   Known   Unknown © PaleoNeolitic · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Eudromaeosauria Unranked clade
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Adasaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
3,5 m ⓘ
Adasaurus mongoliensis
Mass
85 kg ⓘ
Adasaurus mongoliensis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Nemegt
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Adasaurus mongoliensis 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Barsbold. 1977. O evolutsiy chishcheich dinosavrov [On the evolution of carnivorous dinosaurs]. Trudy - Sovmestnaya Sovetsko-Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya 4:48-56
Bibliography (1)
R. Barsbold. 1983. Khishchnye dinosavry mela Mongoliy [Carnivorous dinosaurs from the Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Transactions of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian Paleontological Expedition 19:1-117