Dinosaurs · Small theropod
Shanag
Say it sha-nag. The name means ‘named after the dancers in the Buddhist Tsam festival’.
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diet
- Meat-eater
- When
- Early Cretaceous126 to 142 million years ago
- Fossils found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Turner, Hwang and Norell (2007)
- Family tree
- Dinosauria › Saurischia
Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60
Other small theropods
- Beipiaosaurus Early Cretaceous
- Caudipteryx Early Cretaceous
- Confuciusornis Early Cretaceous
- Pelecanimimus Early Cretaceous
- Sinocalliopteryx Early Cretaceous
- Sinosauropteryx Early Cretaceous
- Sinovenator Early Cretaceous
- Protarchaeopteryx Early Cretaceous
Source: Shanag in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.