Altangerel Perle
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Altangerel Perle is a Mongolia
n palaeontologist.
He is employed at the National University of Mongolia
. He has described species such as Goyocephale lattimorei
, Achillobator giganticus
and Erlikosaurus andrewsi
. He has been honored by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska
, who named the species Hulsanpes perlei
after him.
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
n palaeontologist.
He is employed at the National University of Mongolia
National University of Mongolia
The National University of Mongolia is the oldest university in Mongolia. It hosts twelve schools and faculties in Ulaanbaatar, and runs branches in the Zavkhan and Orkhon Aimags...
. He has described species such as Goyocephale lattimorei
Goyocephale
Goyocephale is a genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It lived in what is now Mongolia.Goyocephale probably weighed 10–40 kg. The type species, Goyocephale lattimorei, was formally described by Perle, Maryañska, and Osmólka from an incomplete...
, Achillobator giganticus
Achillobator
Achillobator is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of what is now Mongolia, about 90 million years ago. It was probably an active bipedal predator, hunting with the large sickle-shaped claw on the second toe of each hind foot...
and Erlikosaurus andrewsi
Erlikosaurus
Erlikosaurus is a genus of herbivorous theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period, belonging to the Therizinosauridae. Its fossils, a skull and some post-cranial fragments, were found in the Bayan Shireh Formation of Mongolia, dating to around 90 million years ago.-Discovery and naming:The...
. He has been honored by Polish palaeontologist Halszka Osmólska
Halszka Osmólska
Halszka Osmólska was a Polish paleontologist who had specialized in Mongolian dinosaurs.She was born in Poznań. A member of the 1965 and 1970 Polish–Mongolian expeditions to the Gobi Desert, she described many finds from these rocks, often with Teresa Maryańska...
, who named the species Hulsanpes perlei
Hulsanpes
Hulsanpes is the name given to a monotypic genus of theropods, sometimes considered a primitive bird. First described as a dromaeosaur, it lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossil remains were found in the Campanian Barun Goyot Formation at Khulsan, Ömnögovi Province, Mongolia...
after him.