Tugulusaurus Tugulusaurus
"Tugulu lizard"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tugulusaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Tugulusaurus (meaning “Tugulu lizard”) is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur, belonging to the Alvarezsauroidea, that is known from the Early Cretaceous Tugulu Group in the Urhe area of China. It was one of the first members of Alvarezsauria ever discovered. The type and only known species is T. faciles.
What we know
- Named by Dong, 1973.
- Fossils found in China.