Genus: Kuru NAPOLI, RUEBENSTAHL, BHULLAR, TURNER & NORELL, 2021
Etymology: Kurukulla is a deity venerated in Tibetan Buddhism. Considered peaceful to semiwrathul, she is ususally depcited with four arms, holding in on pair of hands a bow and arrow, and in the other pair a hook and noose, all of which are made of flowers. Kurukulla is particularly associated with major life transitions. We emphasize here that the generic name Kuru is not in reference to the cannibalism-borne prion diease of the same name.
= Dromaeosauridae incertae sedis CLARK, 1992/NORELL, CLARK & PERELE, 1992
= Airakoraptor PERLE, NORELL & CLARK, 1999 (nomen nudum)

Species: kulla NAPOLI, RUEBENSTAHL, BHULLAR, TURNER & NORELL, 2021
Etymology: Kurukulla is a deity venerated in Tibetan Buddhism. Considered peaceful to semiwrathul, she is ususally depcited with four arms, holding in on pair of hands a bow and arrow, and in the other pair a hook and noose, all of which are made of flowers. Kurukulla is particularly associated with major life transitions. We emphasize here that the generic name Kuru is not in reference to the cannibalism-borne prion diease of the same name.

Holotype: IGM 100/981

Locality: Khulsan, Nemgt Basin, Ömnögov (South Gobi), Mongolia.

Horizon: Barun Goyot Formation (similar to Djadochta Formation).

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.

Material: Right premaxila, right lacrimal, partial right dentary, right surangular, 14 presacral vertebrae, 3 caudal vertebrae, fragmetns of teh right and left upper limb, a fragmentary ilium, distal ends of both pubes, right and left femora, a right tibia, and fragmetns of rigth and left pes.