Genus
Valid Extinct

Alpkarakush

Rauhut et al. 2024

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.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Alpkarakush
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Portraits of the theropod dinosaur Alpkarakush © Hyrotrioskjan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Allosauroidea Superfamily
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Metriacanthosauridae Family
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Alpkarakush Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
1
Geological formations
Balabansai
1
Temporal distribution
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus 165 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
O. W. M. Rauhut, A. A. Bakirov, and O. Wings, A. E. Fernandes, T. R. Hübner. 2024. A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(zlae090):1-51 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
O. W. M. Rauhut, A. A. Bakirov, and O. Wings, A. E. Fernandes, T. R. Hübner. 2024. A new theropod dinosaur from the Callovian Balabansai Formation of Kyrgyzstan. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201(zlae090):1-51 DOI ↗