Asiamericana
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Asiamericana 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (90 Mya)
- Place
- North America · Asia · Uzbekistan
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dromaeosauridae Dinosauria Saurischia Theropoda Coelurosauria Sickle-clawed raptors: Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor.
Asiamericana is a dubious genus of coelurosaur known only from isolated teeth found in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan. It was named to recognize the occurrence of similar fossil teeth in Central Asia and North America. These regions once formed a connected land mass, during the Cretaceous period.
What we know
- Named by Nessov, 1995.
- Fossils found in North America and Asia.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Asiamericana — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.