Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

On a new troodontid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia

Rinchen Barsbold, Halszka Osmólska, and Sergei M. Kurzanov

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 32 (1-2), 1987: 121-132

Described is a fragmentary juvenile theropod skeleton from the Lower Cretaceous deposits (Barunbayanskaya Svita) of the south-eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolian People's Republic. It displays manus and pes structure typical of the family Troodontidae. The preserved fragments do not allow generic determination.

Key words: Dinosauria, Theropoda, Troodontidae, Cretaceous, Mongolia.


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