Genus
Valid Extinct

Itemirus

Kurzanov 1976

Itemirus is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Turonian aged Bissekty Formation of the Late Cretaceous period of Uzbekistan.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Itemirus
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Paraves Unranked clade
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Deinonychosauria Infraorder
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Dromaeosauridae Family
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Eudromaeosauria Unranked clade
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Dromaeosaurinae Subfamily
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Itemirus Genus
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
5
Geological formations
Bissekty
5
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
5
Species (1)
Itemirus medullaris 94 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
S. M. Kurzanov. 1976. Brain-case structure in the carnosaur Itemirus n. gen. and some aspects of the cranial anatomy of dinosaurs. Paleontological Journal 1976(3):361-369
Bibliography (2)
H.-D. Sues and A. Averianov. 2014. Dromaeosauridae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Bissekty Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Turonian) of Uzbekistan and the phylogenetic position of Itemirus medullaris Kurzanov, 1976. Cretaceous Research 51:225-240 DOI ↗
S. M. Kurzanov. 1976. Brain-case structure in the carnosaur Itemirus n. gen. and some aspects of the cranial anatomy of dinosaurs. Paleontological Journal 1976(3):361-369