A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan
Author
Rauhut, Oliver W. M.
SNSB - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany & Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany & GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
rauhut@snsb.de
Author
Bakirov, Aizek A.
Institute of Geology n. a. M. M. Adyshev, National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Author
Wings, Oliver
SNSB - Naturkundemuseum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
Author
Fernandes, Alexandra E.
SNSB - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany & Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Author
Hübner, Tom R.
Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha, Gotha, Germany
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2024
2024-08-20
201
4
1
51
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae090
journal article
304675
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae090
7b00e980-780d-4e4c-ad80-ce055675d5e0
0024-4082
13774241
Alpkarakush
gen. nov.
ZooBank LSID:
urn:lsid::act:
AEE2C533-04B8-45E9-90C1- D0DA2F90840E
.
Etymology:
Named after
Alpkarakush
, a mythological large bird that often comes to the help of heroes in critical moments in the ‘Manas’ epos, one of the central mythological elements in Kyrgyz culture (
Seiilbek
et al
. 2018
).
Diagnosis:
As for species.
Type
species:
Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus
sp. nov.