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Metriacanthosauridae

Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Alpkarakush 8 m (26.2 ft) long
as long as 5 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Alpkarakush
Length
8 m (26.2 ft)
Period
Middle Jurassic (174–163 Mya)
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Metriacanthosauridae
Alpkarakush reconstruction by Hyrotrioskjan
Reconstruction · Hyrotrioskjan (CC-BY)

Alpkarakush is an extinct genus of metriacanthosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Jurassic Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan. The genus contains a single species, A. kyrgyzicus, known from a partial skeleton.

What we know

  • Named by Rauhut et al., 2024.
  • Body length estimated at about 8 m.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Alpkarakush — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.