Genus
Valid Extinct

Kol

Turner et al. 2009

Kol is an extinct genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. The type and only species is Kol ghuva. The type specimen was excavated from the Ukhaa Tolgod locality of the Djadochta Formation, dating to about 75 million years ago. It is believed to have been about twice the size of the contemporaneous Shuvuuia. However, unlike Shuvuuia, which is known from many well preserved specimens, and although Ukhaa Tolgod has been thoroughly explored, Kol is known only from one complete foot, suggesting that it must have been relatively rare in that ecosystem.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Kol
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Kol ghuva restored as feeding from a termite mound, based on related animals. © FunkMonk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Theropoda Unranked clade
Neotheropoda Unranked clade
Averostra Unranked clade
Tetanurae Unranked clade
Coelurosauria Unranked clade
Kol Genus
Measurements
Length
2,4 m
Kol ghuva
Mass
24 kg
Kol ghuva
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Kol ghuva 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
A. H. Turner, S. J. Nesbitt, and M. A. Norell. 2009. A large alvarezsaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3648:1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. H. Turner, S. J. Nesbitt, and M. A. Norell. 2009. A large alvarezsaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3648:1-14 DOI ↗