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Silhouette of Khankhuuluu mongoliensis

Khankhuuluu Khankhuuluu mongoliensis Voris et al. 2025

/xɑːnˈxuːluː/
Late Cretaceous (Santonian) · 100.5–83.6 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary

Where It Was Found

Country
Mongolia
Regions
Dornogov · Omnogov
Formation
Baynshire
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Mongolia. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 100.5–83.6 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Dornogov, Mongolia. It was named by Voris et al. 2025. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Khankhuuluu mongoliensis sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Khankhuuluu
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Khankhuuluu mongoliensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Gobihadros
Gobihadros mongoliensis
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predator–prey
Talarurus
Talarurus plicatospineus
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predator–prey
Erketu
Erketu ellisoni
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coexisted–with
Notocolossus
Notocolossus gonzalezparejasi
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coexisted–with
Niobrarasaurus
Niobrarasaurus coleii
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coexisted–with
Huehuecanauhtlus
Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis
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same–clade
Enigmosaurus
Enigmosaurus mongoliensis
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same–clade
Duonychus
Duonychus tsogtbaatari
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