Adasaurus
"Ada's (evil spirit in Mongolian mythology) lizard"
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CLASSIFICATION

Adasaurus Barsbold, 1983
    TYPE SPECIES:
  • A. mongoliensis Barsbold, 1983 "Ada's (evil spirit in Mongolian mythology) lizard from Mongolia"
Animalia
Vertebrata
Tetrapoda
Sauropsida
Archosauromorpha
Ornithodira
Dinosauria
Theropoda
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria
Deinonychosauria

see also: Genus Index, Classification


MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 2 m MASS: ?15 kg

see also: World Records


TIME

late Campanian? to early Maastrichtian?

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic


PLACE

Mongolia

see also: Paleo-Maps


REMAINS

see also: Anatomy


ESSAY

Although often classified as a dromaeosaurid, it may be closer to birds.


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