Genus
Valid Extinct

Shanag

Turner et al. 2007

Shanag is a genus of paravian theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. It may be a dromaeosaurid, but some researchers are skeptical of this classification. The type species is S. ashile.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Shanag
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Skull reconstruction of Shanag ashile based on holotype IGM 100/1119, missing elements based on Sinornithosaurus. © Skye McDavid · 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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Microraptorinae Subfamily
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Shanag Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Öösh
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Shanag ashile 143 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. H. Turner, S. H. Hwang, and M. A. Norell. 2007. A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3557:1-27 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. H. Turner, S. H. Hwang, and M. A. Norell. 2007. A small derived theropod from Öösh, Early Cretaceous, Baykhangor Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3557:1-27 DOI ↗