Almas
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Almas
DV-0973 · type species Almas ukhaa
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Troodontidae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Pei et al. 2017
Field notes
About Almas
Almas was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Troodontidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Almas, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Pei et al. in 2017.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Troodontidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: R. Pei, M. A. Norell, and D. E. Barta, G. S. Bever, M. Pittman, X. Xu. 2017. Osteology of a new Late Cretaceous troodontid specimen from Ukhaa Tolgod, Ömnögovi Aimag, Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3889:1-47