Alnashetri
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Alnashetri
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- 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
110 million years ago
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