 The holotype specimen, IGM 100/1015, was found near Xanadu in Ömnögovi Province in layers of the Djadokhta Formation dating to the Campanian, about 75 million years ago.It consists of a well-preserved skull and series of ten neck vertebrae as well as a damaged left shoulder girdle.It is the only specimen found of "Tsaagan" and belonged to an adult individual.