Kuru

Ku-ru.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on May 15, 2016

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Name

Kuru ‭(‬named after Kurukullā‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ku-ru.

Named By

James G.‭ ‬Napoli,‭ ‬Alexander A.‭ ‬Ruebenstahl,‭ ‬Bhart-anjan S. Bhullar,‭ ‬Alan H.‭ ‬Turner,‭ & ‬Mark A.‭ ‬Norell1‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Dinosauria,‭ ‬Saurischia,‭ ‬Theropoda,‭ ‬Dromaeosauridae,‭ ‬Eudromaeosauria,‭ ‬Velociraptorinae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

K.‭ ‬kulla‭

Size

Roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬2.4‭ ‬meters long.

Known locations

Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Barun Goyot Formation.

Time Period

Late Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and fragmentary skeleton.

In Depth

Kuru is a genus of velociraptorine dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the late Cretaceous.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A New Dromaeosaurid‭ (‬Dinosauria:‭ ‬Coelurosauria‭) ‬from Khulsan,‭ ‬Central Mongolia.‭ ‬American Museum Novitates.‭ ‬2021‭ (‬3982‭)‬:‭ ‬1‭–‬47.‭ ‬-‭ ‬James G.‭ ‬Napoli,‭ ‬Alexander A.‭ ‬Ruebenstahl,‭ ‬Bhart-anjan S. Bhullar,‭ ‬Alan H.‭ ‬Turner,‭ & ‬Mark A.‭ ‬Norell1‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.