Alpkarakush
Field photograph to come
Alpkarakush
DV-1223 · type species Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus
- Lived
- 165 to 162 million years ago, Middle Jurassic
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Metriacanthosauridae
- Found in
- Kyrgyzstan
- Named by
- Rauhut et al. 2024
Field notes
About Alpkarakush
Alpkarakush was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Middle Jurassic, 165 to 162 million years ago. It belongs to the family Metriacanthosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Alpkarakush, from Kyrgyzstan. Its fossils come from the Balabansai Formation. It was named by Rauhut et al. in 2024.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
165 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Metriacanthosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: O. W. M. Rauhut, A. A. Bakirov, and O. Wings, A. E. Fernandes, T. R. Hübner. 2024. A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(zlae090):1-51