Alnashetri

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DV-0811Candeleros Fm., Argentina

Alnashetri

DV-0811

Lived
113 to 110 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Theropods, Alvarezsauridae
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Makovicky et al. 2012

Field notes

About Alnashetri

Alnashetri was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 110 million years ago. It belongs to the family Alvarezsauridae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Alnashetri, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Candeleros Formation. It was named by Makovicky et al. in 2012.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

110 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Alvarezsauridae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. J. Makovicky, S. Apesteguia, and F. A. Gianechini. 2012. A new coelurosaurian theropod from the La Buitrera fossil locality of Río Negro, Argentina. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 5:90-98