Itemirus
Field photograph to come
Itemirus
DV-0233
- Lived
- 94 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Dromaeosauridae
- Found in
- Uzbekistan
- Named by
- Kurzanov 1976
Field notes
About Itemirus
Itemirus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 90 million years ago. It belongs to the family Dromaeosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 5 finds of Itemirus, from Uzbekistan. Its fossils come from the Bissekty Formation. It was named by Kurzanov in 1976.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Dromaeosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: S. M. Kurzanov. 1976. Brain-case structure in the carnosaur Itemirus n. gen. and some aspects of the cranial anatomy of dinosaurs. Paleontological Journal 1976(3):361-369