Tsaagan

Taxobox
name = "Tsaagan"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
infraordo = Deinonychosauria
familia = Dromaeosauridae
subfamilia = Velociraptorinae
genus = "Tsaagan"
genus_authority=Norell "et al.", 2006
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=
*"T. mangas" Norell "et al.", 2006 (type)

Tsaagan is a genus of dromaeosaurid dinosaur from the Djadokhta Formation of late Cretaceous Mongolia. It lies within the subfamily Velociraptorinae. Tsaagan is known from a well-preserved skull and series of neck vertebrae, described by Norell "et al." in December 2006.Norell, M.A., Clark, J.M., Turner, A.H., Makovicky, P.J., Barsbold, R., and Rowe, T. (2006). "A new dromaeosaurid theropod from Ukhaa Tolgod (Omnogov, Mongolia)." "American Museum Novitates", 3545: 1-51.] "Tsaagan" represents the only dromaeosaurid remains (other than isolated teeth) known from the Ukhaa Tolgod region, though another dromaeosaurid, "Velociraptor", is known from the same formation. Animals that may have shared the same habitat with "Tsaagan" include "Protoceratops", "Shuvuuia", the small mammal "Zalambdalestes", the multituberculate mammal "Kryptobaatar", as well as several lizards and two yet-undescribed species of troodontid and dromaeosaurid.

The species name, "Tsaagan mangas", is derived from the Mongolian word for "white monster" ( _mn. цагаан мангас), although with an accidental misspelling of the word Tsagaan.

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