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.