The hand and foot bones show moderate elongation of the fingers (incipient hyperphalangy)

is one of the most studied examples of abelisaurids due to its relatively complete preservation

populator "sabre-toothed")

Length 420mm

represented a potentially risky target

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis pterosauria The hand and foot bonesKhankhuuluu mongoliensis is a basal tyrannosauroid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, known from fossil remains in Gobi Desert deposits. This taxon represents a relatively early stage in the evolution of the Tyrannosauroidea lineage, predating the emergence of the large tyrannosaurids at the end of the Cretaceous. Its morphology displays a combination of primitive traits and characteristics that foreshadow the anatomy of the giant