Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis Ulughbegsaurus
"Ulugh Beg"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Ulughbegsaurus 8 m (26.2 ft) long
5 people holding hands
- Length
- 8 m (26.2 ft)
- Period
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
- Place
- Uzbekistan
- Food
- Carnivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Ulughbegsaurus (meaning “Ulugh Beg’s lizard”) is an extinct genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Bissekty Formation (Turonian age) and Khodzhakul Formation (Cenomanian age) of Uzbekistan. The genus contains a single species, Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis, known from multiple maxilla fragments.
What we know
- Named by Tanaka et al., 2021.
- Body length estimated at about 8 m.
- Fossils found in Uzbekistan.