Kansaignathus

Kansaignathus Temporal range: Santonian ~86.3–83.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Clade:	Saurischia
Clade:	Theropoda
Family:	†Dromaeosauridae
Clade:	†Eudromaeosauria
Subfamily:	†Velociraptorinae
Genus:	†Kansaignathus Averianov & Lopatin, 2021
Species:	†K. sogdianus
Binomial name
†Kansaignathus sogdianus Averianov & Lopatin, 2021

External image
Right dental bone (PIN holotype, no. 2398/15). The numbers indicate the dental alveoli from front to back.

Kansaignathus (meaning "jaw from Kansai") is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid from the Late Cretaceous Ialovachsk Formation of Tajikistan. The genus contains a single species, Kansaignathus sogdianus.^[1]

Discovery and naming[]

The holotype of Kansaignathus, 2398/15, consists of a right dentary. It was discovered in the Konsoy locality in the north of the Fergana Valley of Tajikistan in the 1960s. The generic name, Kansaignathus, is derived from "Kansai," the Russian name of the location where the holotype specimen was discovered, and the Greek "gnathos," meaning jaw. The specific name, sogdianus, is derived from Sogdiana, an ancient region in Central Asia. It represents the first non-avian dinosaur described from Tajikistan.^[1]

Classification[]

Kansaignathus was placed as a basal member of the subfamily Velociraptorinae by Averianov & Lopatin in 2021. Their cladogram is shown below:^[1][2]

References[]

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