Published August 20, 2024 | Version v1

Alpkarakush Rauhut, Bakirov, Wings, Fernandes & Hübner, 2024, gen. nov.

  • 1. 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
  • 2. Institute of Geology n. a. M. M. Adyshev, National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
  • 3. SNSB - Naturkundemuseum Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
  • 4. SNSB - Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich, Germany & Department für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
  • 5. Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha, Gotha, Germany

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Rauhut, Oliver W. M., Bakirov, Aizek A., Wings, Oliver, Fernandes, Alexandra E. & Hübner, Tom R., 2024, A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan, pp. 1-51 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201 (4) on page 7, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae090, http://zenodo.org/record/13774241

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References

  • Seiilbek S, Sarbassov B, Ismakova A et al. Mythological aspects of the Kyrgyzs' ethnographic way of life in the historical epos ' Manas'. Opcion 2018; 33: 632 - 51.