Ulughbegsaurus
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Ulughbegsaurus
DV-1163 · type species Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis
- Lived
- 94 to 90 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods
- Found in
- Uzbekistan
- Named by
- Tanaka et al. 2021
Field notes
About Ulughbegsaurus
Ulughbegsaurus was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 90 million years ago.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Ulughbegsaurus, from Uzbekistan. Its fossils come from the Bissekty Formation. It was named by Tanaka et al. in 2021.
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 Carcharodontosauria.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Tanaka, O. U. O. Anvarov, and D. K. Zelenitsky, A., S. Ahmedshaev, Y. Kobayashi. 2021. A new carcharodontosaurian theropod dinosaur occupies apex predator niche in the early Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. Royal Society Open Science 8(9):210923:1-10